Luke 8:30

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.

Cross References

Matthew 26:53

Don't you know that I could ask my Father, and straight away he would send me more than twelve armies of angels?

Matthew 4:24

News about him spread all over Syria, and people with every kind of sickness or disease were brought to him. Some of them had a lot of demons in them, others were thought to be mad, and still others could not walk. But Jesus healed them all.

Matthew 8:29

Suddenly they shouted, “Jesus, Son of God, what do you want with us? Have you come to punish us before our time?”

Mark 16:9

Very early on the first day of the week, after Jesus had risen to life, he appeared to Mary Magdalene. Earlier he had forced seven demons out of her. The women quickly told Peter and his friends what had happened. Later, Jesus sent the disciples to the east and to the west with his sacred and everlasting message of how people can be saved for ever.

Mark 5:9

Jesus asked, “What is your name?” The man answered, “My name is Lots, because I have ‘lots’ of evil spirits.”

Luke 8:2

and so were some women who had been healed of evil spirits and all sorts of diseases. One of the women was Mary Magdalene, who once had seven demons in her.

Luke 8:29

He said this because Jesus had already told the evil spirit to go out of him. The man had often been attacked by the demon. And even though he had been bound with chains and leg irons and kept under guard, he smashed whatever bound him. Then the demon would force him out into lonely places.