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


In Context

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.

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

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

32 Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into those. He allowed 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 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 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.