Luke 8:30

Yeshua [Salvation] asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Legion,” + 8:30 Note: At this time, a Roman legion was made up of ten cohorts of 500 men each, a total of 5,000 soldiers. for many demons had entered into him.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

29For Yeshua [Salvation] was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.

31They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss, the bottomless netherworld.

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Cross References

Matthew 8:29Behold, they cried out, saying, “What do we have to do with you, Yeshua [Salvation], Ben-Elohim ·Son of Elohim God·? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”

Mark 5:9He asked him, “What is your name?” He said to him, “My name is Legion, for we are many.” + 5:9 Note: At this time, a Roman legion was made up of ten cohorts of 500 men each, a total of 5,000 soldiers.

Luke 8:2and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary [Rebellion] who was called Magdalene [City tower], from whom seven demons had gone out;

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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