Luke 8:30
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.In other versions
And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; for many demons were entered into him.
ASV
And Jesus said to him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for a number of spirits had gone into him.
BBE
And Jesus asked him saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: for many demons had entered into him.
DBY
Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion," for many demons had entered into him.
WEB
And Jesus questioned him, saying, `What is thy name?' and he said, `Legion,' (because many demons were entered into him,)
YLT
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is your name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
ENG
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many demons had entered into him.
WBT
“What is your name?” Jesus asked. “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.
BSB
In context
28When 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.)
30And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
31And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
32And 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.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Jesus