Lukas 8:30

Lutherbibel

Und Jesus fragte ihn und sprach: Wie heißest du? Er sprach: Legion; denn es waren viel Teufel in ihn gefahren.

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Jesus aber fragte ihn: Wie heißest du? Er sprach: Legion! Denn viele Dämonen waren in ihn gefahren.

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.