30And Jesus asked him saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: for many demons had entered into him.


In Context

27 And as he got out of the ship on the land, a certain man out of the city met him, who had demons a long time, and put on no clothes, and did not abide in a house, but in the tombs.

28 But seeing Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus Son of the Most High God? I beseech thee torment me not.

29 For he had commanded the unclean spirit to go out from the man. For very often it had seized him; and he had been bound, kept with chains and fetters; and breaking the bonds he was driven by the demon into the deserts.

30 And Jesus asked him saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: for many demons had entered into him.

31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go away into the bottomless pit.

32 And there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain, and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into those; and he suffered them.

Luke 8:30 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:30Jesus asked him, "What is your name?"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:30And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; for many demons were entered into him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:30And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; for many devils were entered into him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:30And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many demons had entered into him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:30Jesus asked him, |What is your name?| He said, |Legion,| for many demons had entered into him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:30And Jesus questioned him, saying, 'What is thy name?' and he said, 'Legion,' (because many demons were entered into him,)

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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