Luke 8:30
King James Version (KJV)
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
In context
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 every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
- WEB World English Bible
- Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered into him.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “What is your name?” Jesus asked. “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; for many demons were entered into him.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And Jesus questioned him, saying, 'What is thy name?' and he said, 'Legion,' (because many demons were entered into him,)
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Jesus asked him saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: for many demons had entered into him.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many demons had entered into him.