"And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him." — Luke 8:30

Luke 8:30 · KJV

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

— Luke 8:30

(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)

Verse 31

And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

Luke 8 — Context

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, {thou} Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.

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

And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.

Cross References

Matthew 26:53

But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?

Luke 8:2

And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,

Matthew 8:29

And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

Mark 16:9

Now when {Jesus} was risen early the first {day} of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.

Mark 5:9

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