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Mark 5:9

Spiritual warfare

7 And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”

8 For Jesus had already declared, “Come out of this man, you unclean spirit!”

“What is your name?” Jesus asked. “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.”

10 And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of that region.

11 There on the nearby hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“What is your name?” Jesus asked. “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.”
KJV
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
WEB
He asked him, “What is your name?” He said to him, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”
ASV
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many.
DARBY
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he says to him, Legion is my name, because we are many.
BLB
And He was asking him, “What [is] your name?” And he says to Him, “Legion [is] my name, because we are many.”
ÅB
Og han spurte ham: Hva er ditt navn? Og han sa til ham: Legion er mitt navn; for vi er mange.
OTB
Da spurte Jesus ham: «Hva er ditt navn?» Og han svarte: «Mitt navn er Legion, for vi er mange.»
B1930
Og han spurte ham: Hvad er ditt navn? Og han sa til ham: Legion er mitt navn; for vi er mange.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Luke 8:30

    “What is your name?” Jesus asked. “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.

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  • Mark 5:15

    When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons sitting there, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

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  • Matthew 26:53

    Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?

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  • Luke 11:21–26

    When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.

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  • Matthew 12:45

    Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there; and the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation.”

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