Luke 8:30

Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” and he said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered into 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 had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard, he had broken his chains and he would be driven by the demon into the wilderness.

31They kept begging him not to send them into the abyss.

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Cross References

Matthew 8:29Behold, they cried out and said, “What do we have to do with you, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the set time?”

Mark 5:9He asked him, “What is your name?” He answered him, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”

Luke 8:2as well as certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and diseases: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had been driven 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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