Luke 8:30

“What is your name?” Jesus asked. “Legion,” he answered (for many demons had taken possession of him);

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And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.

In Context

29For Jesus was commanding the foul spirit to come out of the man. On many occasions it had seized him, and, even when secured with chains and fetters, and watched, he would break through anything that bound him, and be driven by the demon into the wilds.

31and the demons begged Jesus not to order them away into the bottomless pit.

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Cross References

Matthew 8:29Suddenly they shrieked out, “What do you want with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before our time?”

Mark 5:9And he asked him, “What is your name?” “My name,” he said, “is Legion, for there are many of us;”

Luke 8:2as well as some women who had been cured of wicked spirits and of infirmities. They were Mary, known as Mary of Magdala (from whom seven demons had been expelled),

Matthew Henry on Luke 8:23-40

Christ's Power over the Winds; Christ's Power over the Devils. 22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. 23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. 24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the… Read the whole commentary →

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