KJV King James Version
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Luke 8:30
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“What is your name?” Jesus asked. “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.
WEB World English Bible
Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered into him.
ASV American Standard Version
And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; for many demons were entered into him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jesus questioned him, saying, ‘What is thy name?’ and he said, ‘Legion,’ (because many demons were entered into him,)
Surrounding context — Luke 8
27 And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in [any] house, but in the tombs.
28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, [thou] Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
29 (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
33 Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἐπηρώτησενG1905 · eperōtaōto questionδὲG1161 · dethenαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoἸησοῦςG2424 · IēsousJesusτίG5101 · tiswhich?σοιG4771 · suyouὄνομάG3686 · onomanameἐστιν;G1510 · eimito beὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenεἶπεν·G2036 · eiponto sayλεγιών·G3003 · legeōnLegionὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatεἰσῆλθενG1525 · eiserchomaito enterδαιμόνιαG1140 · daimoniondemonπολλὰG4183 · polusmuchεἰςG1519 · eistowardαὐτόν.G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
Matthew 26:53Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?Luke 8:2And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,Mark 16:9Now when [Jesus] was risen early the first [day] of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.Matthew 8:29And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?Mark 5:9And he asked him, What [is] thy name? And he answered, saying, My name [is] Legion: for we are many.
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