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New Century Version

Luke 8:30

Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He answered, "Legion," because many demons were in him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Miracles;   Thompson Chain Reference - Evil;   Invasion, Satanic;   Legion;   Many Evil Spirits;   Satanic;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gadara;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Clean, Unclean;   Demon;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Communion (2);   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gadara;   Luke, Gospel According to;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Evangelism;   Gadarene;   Legion;   Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Devil;   Knowledge;   Legion;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Attributes of Christ;   Demon, Demoniacal Possession, Demoniacs;   Grecians, Greeks;   Immanence ;   Kenosis;   Legion ;   Luke;   Lunatic;   Madness;   Possession;   Questions and Answers;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gadarenes;   Legion;   Miracles;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Demons;   Devils;   Legion;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Lunatics;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" The man answered, "Legion." (He said his name was "Legion" because many demons had gone into him.)
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And Iesus axed him sayinge: what is thy name? And he sayde: Legion because many devyls were entred into him.
Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion," for many demons had entered into him.
International Standard Version
Jesus asked him, "What's your name?" He answered, "Legion,"[fn] because many demons had gone into him.
New American Standard Bible
And Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion"; because many demons had entered him.
Update Bible Version
And Jesus asked him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for many demons went into him.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many demons had entered into him.
Amplified Bible
Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he answered, "Legion"; because many demons had entered him.
English Standard Version
Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion," for many demons had entered him.
World English Bible
Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion," for many demons had entered into him.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; because many devils had entered into him.
Weymouth's New Testament
"What is your name?" Jesus asked him. "Legion," he replied--because a great number of demons had entered into him;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jhesus axide hym, and seide, What name is to thee? And he seide, A legioun; for many deuelis weren entrid in to hym.
English Revised Version
And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; for many devils were entered into him.
Berean Standard Bible
"What is your name?" Jesus asked. "Legion," he replied, because many demons had gone into him.
Contemporary English Version
Jesus asked the man, "What is your name?" He answered, "My name is Lots." He said this because there were ‘lots' of demons in him.
American Standard Version
And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; for many demons were entered into him.
Bible in Basic English
And Jesus said to him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for a number of spirits had gone into him.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua asked him, "What is your name?" "Legion," he said, because many demons had entered him.
Darby Translation
And Jesus asked him saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: for many demons had entered into him.
Etheridge Translation
And Jeshu demanded of him, What is thy name ? He saith to him, Legion: because that many devils had entered into him.
Murdock Translation
And Jesus demanded of him: What is thy name? And he said to him: Legion: because many demons had entered into him.
King James Version (1611)
And Iesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many deuils were entred into him.
New Living Translation
Jesus demanded, "What is your name?" "Legion," he replied, for he was filled with many demons.
New Life Bible
Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And the demon answered, "Many," because many demons had gone into him.
New Revised Standard
Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion"; for many demons had entered him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Iesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? and he sayd, Legion, because many deuils were entred into him.
George Lamsa Translation
Jesus asked him, What is your name? He said, Legion, because many demons had entered into him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Jesus questioned him - What name hast thou? And, he, said - Legion! because many demons had entered into him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus asked him, saying: What is thy name? But he said: Legion. Because many devils were entered into him.
Revised Standard Version
Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion"; for many demons had entered him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iesus asked hym, saying: What is thy name? And he sayde, Legion: because many deuyls were entred into hym.
Good News Translation
Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "My name is ‘Mob,'" he answered—because many demons had gone into him.
Christian Standard Bible®
“What is your name?”
King James Version
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
Lexham English Bible
So Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion," because many demons had entered into him.
Literal Translation
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is your name? And he said, Legion (because many demons entered into him).
Young's Literal Translation
And Jesus questioned him, saying, `What is thy name?' and he said, `Legion,' (because many demons were entered into him,)
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Iesus axed him, and sayde: What is thy name? He sayde: Legion. For there were many deuels entred in to him.
Mace New Testament (1729)
upon Jesus's saying to him, what is your name? he answer'd, legion, (for many demons were enter'd into him.)
THE MESSAGE
Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "Mob. My name is Mob," he said, because many demons afflicted him. And they begged Jesus desperately not to order them to the bottomless pit.
New English Translation
Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion," because many demons had entered him.
New King James Version
Jesus asked him, saying, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion," because many demons had entered him.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus asked, "What do they call you?"The demon responded, "They call me Legion. We are too many to count."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion"; for many demons had entered him.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion," for many demons had entered him.

Contextual Overview

22 One day Jesus and his followers got into a boat, and he said to them, "Let's go across the lake." And so they started across. 23 While they were sailing, Jesus fell asleep. A very strong wind blew up on the lake, causing the boat to fill with water, and they were in danger. 24 The followers went to Jesus and woke him, saying, "Master! Master! We will drown!" Jesus got up and gave a command to the wind and the waves. They stopped, and it became calm. 25 Jesus said to his followers, "Where is your faith?" The followers were afraid and amazed and said to each other, "Who is this that commands even the wind and the water, and they obey him?" 26 Jesus and his followers sailed across the lake from Galilee to the area of the Gerasene people. 27 When Jesus got out on the land, a man from the town who had demons inside him came to Jesus. For a long time he had worn no clothes and had lived in the burial caves, not in a house. 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him. He said with a loud voice, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't torture me!" 29 He said this because Jesus was commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had taken hold of him. Though he had been kept under guard and chained hand and foot, he had broken his chains and had been forced by the demon out into a lonely place. 30 Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He answered, "Legion," because many demons were in him. 31 The demons begged Jesus not to send them into eternal darkness.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Legion: Matthew 26:53, Mark 5:9

many: Luke 8:2, Matthew 8:29, Mark 16:9

Reciprocal: Matthew 8:31 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jesus asked him, saying, what is thy name?.... This question was put, not out of ignorance in Christ, but for the sake of those that were with him; and partly, that the miserable condition of this man might be the more known; and partly, that his own power might be the more manifest in the dispossession:

and he said, legion, because many devils were entered into him;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the Matthew 8:23-34 notes, and Mark 5:1-20 notes.


 
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