Luke 8:30

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

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man; for many times it had seized on him; and though under a guard, and bound with chains and fetters; yet bursting the bonds, he was driven by the devil into the desert places.

31And he besought him that he would not order them to go into the abyss.

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Cross References

Matthew 8:29And lo! they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither before the time to torment us?

Mark 5:9And he interrogated him, What is thy name? and he replied, saying, Legion is my name; for we are many.

Luke 8:2And certain women who had been cured of evil spirits and sicknesses, Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven devils 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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