27When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city who had demons for a long time met him. He wore no clothes, and didn't live in a house, but in the tombs.


In Context

24 They came to him, and awoke him, saying, |Master, master, we are dying!| He awoke, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and it was calm.

25 He said to them, |Where is your faith?| Being afraid they marveled, saying one to another, |Who is this, then, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?|

26 They arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee.

27 When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city who had demons for a long time met him. He wore no clothes, and didn't live in a 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 do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't torment me!|

29 For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.

Luke 8:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:27And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:27When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:27And when he was come forth to the land, there met him a certain man who had a devil now a very long time, and he wore no clothes, neither did he abide in a house, but in the sepulchres.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:27And when he was come forth upon the land, there met him a certain man out of the city, who had demons; and for a long time he had worn no clothes, and abode not in any house, but in the tombs.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:27And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:27And when he was come forth upon the land, there met him a certain man out of the city, who had devils; and for a long time he had worn no clothes, and abode not in any house, but in the tombs.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:27And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, who had demons a long time, and wore no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:27and he having gone forth upon the land, there met him a certain man, out of the city, who had demons for a long time, and with a garment was not clothed, and in a house was not abiding, but in the tombs,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:27And 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 stayed in any house, but in the tombs.