Mark 5:9
And he asked him, What is thy name? and hee answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
In Context
8(For hee saide vnto him, Come out of the man, thou vncleane spirit.)
10And hee prayed him instantly, that hee would not send them away out of the countrey.
Cross References
Matthew 12:45Then he goeth, and taketh vnto him seuen other spirites worse then himselfe, and they enter in, and dwell there: and the ende of that man is worse then the beginning. Euen so shall it be with this wicked generation.
Mark 5:15And they came to Iesus, and sawe him that had bene possessed with the deuil, and had the legion, sit both clothed, and in his right minde: and they were afraide.
Luke 11:21When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, the thinges that hee possesseth, are in peace.
Matthew Henry on Mark 5:2-21
The Expulsion of Legion. 1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. 2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: 4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. 5 And always, night and… Read the whole commentary →