31"Legion," he replied, because many demons had gone into him. And they begged him repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.


In Context

28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at his feet, shouting at the top of his voice, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't torture me!"

29 For Jesus had commanded the evil spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard, he had broken his chains and had been driven by the demon into solitary places.

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

31 "Legion," he replied, because many demons had gone into him. And they begged him repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.

32 A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. The demons begged Jesus to let them go into them, and he gave them permission.

33 When the demons came out of the man, they went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.

Luke 8:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:31And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:31And they besought him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:31And they entreated him that he would not command them to depart into the abyss.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:31And they besought him that he would not command them to go away into the bottomless pit.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:31And they entreated him that he would not command them to depart into the abyss.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:31And they besought him, that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:31They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:31and he was calling on him, that he may not command them to go away to the abyss,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:31And they sought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.