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Chinese Union (Simplified)

路加福音 8:30

耶 稣 问 他 说 : 你 名 叫 甚 麽 ? 他 说 : 我 名 叫 群 ; 这 是 因 为 附 着 他 的 鬼 多 。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Miracles;   Thompson Chain Reference - Evil;   Invasion, Satanic;   Legion;   Many Evil Spirits;   Satanic;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gadara;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Clean, Unclean;   Demon;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Communion (2);   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gadara;   Luke, Gospel According to;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Evangelism;   Gadarene;   Legion;   Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Devil;   Knowledge;   Legion;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Attributes of Christ;   Demon, Demoniacal Possession, Demoniacs;   Grecians, Greeks;   Immanence ;   Kenosis;   Legion ;   Luke;   Lunatic;   Madness;   Possession;   Questions and Answers;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gadarenes;   Legion;   Miracles;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Demons;   Devils;   Legion;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Lunatics;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese NCV (Simplified)
耶穌問他:“你叫甚麼名字?”他說:“群。”因為進到那人裡面的鬼很多。

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Legion: Matthew 26:53, Mark 5:9

many: Luke 8:2, Matthew 8:29, Mark 16:9

Reciprocal: Matthew 8:31 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jesus asked him, saying, what is thy name?.... This question was put, not out of ignorance in Christ, but for the sake of those that were with him; and partly, that the miserable condition of this man might be the more known; and partly, that his own power might be the more manifest in the dispossession:

and he said, legion, because many devils were entered into him;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the Matthew 8:23-34 notes, and Mark 5:1-20 notes.


 
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