Mark 5:9
and he was questioning him—What is thy name? and he saith to him—Legion, is my name, because we are, many;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
8For he was saying to him—Go forth thou impure spirit, out of the man;
10and he was beseeching him much that he would not send them forth outside the country.
Cross References
Matthew 12:45Then, it goeth, and taketh along with itself, seven diverse spirits, more wicked than itself,—and, entering, abideth there; and, the last state of that man, becometh, worse than the first. So, shall it be, with this, wicked, generation.
Mark 5:15And they come unto Jesus, and view the demonized man, clothed and of sound mind, him who had had the legion,—and they were struck with fear.
Luke 11:21Whensoever, the mighty one, armed, may be guarding his own dwelling, in peace, are his goods;
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 →