Mark 5:9
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
KJV
καὶ ἐπηρώτα αὐτόν· τί ὄνομά σοι; καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· λεγιὼν ὄνομά μοι, ὅτι πολλοί ἐσμεν.
Greek NT
Et interrogabat eum : Quod tibi nomen est ? Et dicit ei : Legio mihi nomen est, quia multi sumus.
Vulgate
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many.
ASV
And he asked him: What is thy name? And he saith to him: My name is Legion, for we are many.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λεγεών
legeon
noun · 4×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐπερωτάω
eperotao
verb · 56×
ὄνομα
onoma
noun · 228×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ὄνομά σοι | WH/Treg/NIV: ὄνομά σοι | RP: σοι ὄνομα
- ὄνομά σοι — SBLGNT
- ὄνομά σοι — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- σοι ὄνομα — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: λέγει αὐτῷ | WH/Treg/NIV: λέγει αὐτῷ | RP: ἀπεκρίθη λέγων
- λέγει αὐτῷ — SBLGNT
- λέγει αὐτῷ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἀπεκρίθη λέγων — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: Λεγιὼν | WH/Treg/NIV: Λεγιὼν | RP: Λεγεὼν
- Λεγιὼν — SBLGNT
- Λεγιὼν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Λεγεὼν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 19:15 — And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
- Luke 8:30 — And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
- Luke 8:30 — And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
- Luke 11:21 — When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
- Mark 5:15 — And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
- Mark 5:15 — And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
- Matt 12:45 — Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also
- Matt 12:45 — Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also
- 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?