Luke 8:30 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)30 Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” And he answered, “[My name is] ‘Legion’” [Note: This word means a number consisting of between 5,000 and 6,000], for many evil spirits had entered the man. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176930 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition30 Jesus then asked him, What is your name? And he answered, Legion; for many demons had entered him. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)30 And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; for many demons were entered into him. See the chapterCommon English Bible30 Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had entered him. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version30 Then Jesus questioned him, saying, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion," because many demons had entered into him. See the chapter |
For Jesus was commanding the evil spirits to be driven out of the man, because they had been controlling him for a long time. The man was continually being guarded and his hands and feet were bound with chains. [Sometimes] he broke loose from the chains and was driven into the desert by the evil spirits.