Mark 5:9
And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he saith to him, A legion is my name; for we be many.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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
8And Jesus said to him, Thou unclean spirit, go out from the man.
Cross References
Matthew 12:45Then he goeth (out), and taketh (back) with him seven other spirits worse than himself; and they enter [in], and dwell there. And the last things of that man be made worse than the former. So it shall be to this worst generation, (or And so the last things of that man be made worse than the first things. So it shall be with this evil generation).
Mark 5:15And they came to Jesus, and saw him that had been travailed of the fiend, sitting clothed, and of whole mind; and they dreaded. (And they came to Jesus, and saw him who had been troubled by the demon, sitting clothed, and being of whole mind; and they had fear, or and they were afraid.)
Luke 11:21When a strong, armed man keepeth his house, all things that he wieldeth be in peace (or everything that he possesseth be at peace).
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 →