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


In Context

27 and 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,

28 and having seen Jesus, and having cried out, he fell before him, and with a loud voice, said, 'What — to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I beseech thee, mayest thou not afflict me!'

29 For he commanded the unclean spirit to come forth from the man, for many times it had caught him, and he was being bound with chains and fetters — guarded, and breaking asunder the bonds he was driven by the demons to the deserts.

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

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

32 and there was there a herd of many swine feeding in the mountain, and they were calling on him, that he might suffer them to enter into these, 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 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 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.