Luke 8:30

And Jesus demanded of him: What is thy name? And he said to him: Legion: because many demons had entered into him.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 had commanded the unclean spirit, to come out of the man: for, of a long time he had been held captive by him; and he had been bound with chains, and held in fetters; but he had burst the bonds, and had been driven by the demon into the desert.

31And they besought him, not to command them to depart into the abyss.

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Cross References

Matthew 8:29And they cried out, and said: What have we to do with thee? Jesus, thou Son of God. Hast thou come hither before the time to torment us?

Mark 5:9And he demanded of him: What is thy name? And he replied to him: Our name is Legion; for we are many.

Luke 8:2and those women who were healed of infirmities and of unclean spirits, Mary called Magdalena, out of whom went seven demons,

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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