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 in other translations
| BSB | “What is your name?” Jesus asked. “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him. |
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| WEB | Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered into him. |
| ASV | And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; for many demons were entered into him. |
| YLT | And Jesus questioned him, saying, ‘What is thy name?' and he said, ‘Legion,' (because many demons were entered into him,) |
| DARBY | And Jesus asked him saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: for many demons had entered into him. |
| BBE | And Jesus said to him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for a number of spirits had gone into him. |
| Webster | And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many demons had entered into him. |
What does Luke 8:30 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 8:22-40
Those that put to sea in a calm, even at Christ's word, must yet prepare for a storm, and for great peril in that storm. There is no relief for souls under a sense of guilt, and fear of wrath, but to go to Christ, and call him Master, and say, I am undone, if thou dost not help me. When our dangers are over, it becomes us to take to ourselves the shame of our own fears, and to give Christ the glory of our…
Luke 8:30 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 8:30
- Matthew 26:53
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
- 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 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.
- Matthew 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?
- Mark 5:9
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
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Context
- Luke 8:29
(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.)
- Luke 8:30
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
- Luke 8:31
And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
Luke 8:30 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y le preguntó Jesús, diciendo: ¿Qué nombre tienes? Y él dijo: Legión. Porque muchos demonios habían entrado en él. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Jésus lui demanda, disant: Quel est ton nom? Et il dit: Légion; car beaucoup de démons étaient entrés en lui. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Jesus fragte ihn aber und sprach: Was ist dein Name? Er aber sprach: Legion; denn viele Dämonen waren in ihn gefahren. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Interrogavit autem illum Jesus, dicens: Quod tibi nomen est? At ille dixit: Legio: quia intraverant dæmonia multa in eum. |