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Mark 5:9

Spiritual warfare

7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.

And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.

11 Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine 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)

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Cross references

  • Luke 8:30

    And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.

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  • Mark 5:15

    And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

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  • Matthew 26:53

    Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?

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  • Luke 11:21–26

    When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:

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  • Matthew 12:45

    Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

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