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


In Context

27 And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.

28 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.

29 (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.)

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

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

32 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.

Luke 8:30 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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