Luke 8:30

And Jesus asked him, saying, What is your name? And he said, Legion: because many devils had entered into him.

Revised King James New Testament

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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

29(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For often it had seized him: and though he was kept under guard, bound with chains and in fetters; he would break the bonds and be driven by the devil into the desert.)

31And they begged him that he would not command them to go out into the abyss.

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Cross References

Matthew 8:29And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus, you Son of God? have you come here to torment us before the time?

Mark 5:9And he was asking him, What is your name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

Luke 8:2Along with certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary of Magdala, out of 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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