Luke 8:30
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
KJV
ἐπηρώτησεν δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ Ἰησοῦς λέγων· τί σοι ὄνομά ἐστιν; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, λεγιών, ὅτι εἰσῆλθεν δαιμόνια πολλὰ εἰς αὐτόν.
Greek NT
Interrogavit autem illum Jesus, dicens : Quod tibi nomen est ? At ille dixit : Legio : quia intraverant dæmonia multa in eum.
Vulgate
And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; for many demons were entered into him.
ASV
And Jesus asked him, saying: What is thy name? But he said: Legion. Because many devils were entered into him.
Douay-Rheims
Open in reader with connections →
In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- Ἰησοῦς — SBLGNT
- Ἰησοῦς — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + λέγων — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
- ὄνομά ἐστιν — SBLGNT
- ὄνομά ἐστιν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐστιν ὄνομα — Robinson-Pierpont
- εἰσῆλθεν δαιμόνια πολλὰ — SBLGNT
- εἰσῆλθεν δαιμόνια πολλὰ — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- δαιμόνια πολλὰ εἰσῆλθεν — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§550The coming of God's kingdom means the defeat of Satan's: "If it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you."277 Jesus' exorcisms free some individuals from the domination of demons. They anticipate Jesus' great victory over "the ruler of this world".278 The kingdom of God will be definitively established through Christ's cross: "Go…
Cross-references
- Luke 8:2 — And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,
- Mark 5:9 — And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
- Mark 5:9 — And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
- Mark 16:9 — Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
- Matt 8:29 — And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
- Matt 8:31 — So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
- Matt 26:53 — Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
- Matt 26:53 — Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?