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Darby's French Translation

Luc 8:30

Et Jésus lui demanda, disant: Quel est ton nom? Et il dit: Légion; car beaucoup de démons étaient entrés en lui.

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

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Et Jésus lui demanda : comment as-tu nom? Et il dit : Légion; car plusieurs démons étaient entrés en lui.
La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Et Jésus lui demanda: Comment t'appelles-tu? Et il répondit: Légion; car plusieurs démons étaient entrés en lui.
Louis Segond (1910)
Jésus lui demanda: Quel est ton nom? Légion, répondit-il. Car plusieurs démons étaient entrés en lui.

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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