Luke 8:30

So Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he answered, "Legion" (for many demons had entered into him).

Montgomery 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 Jesus was already commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For many times it had seized him and held him, and they again and again kept him under guard, and put him in chains and fetters. But he would break his bonds asunder, as he was driven by the demon in to the desert.

31So they besought Jesus not to command them to go away into the abyss.

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Cross References

Matthew 8:29"You Son of God," they shouted, "what have you to do with us? Are you come to torment us before the time?"

Mark 5:9He continued asking him, "What is your mane?" "Legion is my name, for we are many."

Luke 8:2The twelve were with him, and certain women whom he had delivered from evil spirits and various diseases. Mary of Magdala, out of whom seven demons have been driven,

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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