Mark 5:9

Mark 5:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He replied, "My name is Legion, for we are many."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then He asked him, “What is your name?” And he answered, saying, “My name is Legion; for we are many.”

Context of Mark 5:9

7And he cried out with a loud voice, “What do you have to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you before God, don’t torment me!” 8For he had told him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!” “What is your name?” he asked him. “My name is Legion,” he answered him, “because we are many.” 10And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the region. 11A large herd of pigs was there, feeding on the hillside.

Mark 5:9 word by word

Καὶ ἐπηρώτα αὐτόν· τί ὄνομά σοι; καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· λεγιὼν ὄνομά μοι ὅτι πολλοί ἐσμεν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• he askedἐπερωτάωeperōtaō · to questionG1905
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• thyσύsu · youG4771
• nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686
• he answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• Legionλεγεώνlegeōn · LegionG3003
• forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• we areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183

Cross-references for Mark 5:9

• Luke 8:30“What is your name?” Jesus asked him. “Legion,” he said, because many demons had entered him.
• Luke 11:21When a strong man, fully armed, guards his estate, his possessions are secure.
• Matthew 12:45Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and settle down there. As a result, that person’s last condition is worse than the first. That’s how it will also be with this evil generation.”
• Matthew 26:53Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and he will provide me here and now with more than twelve legions of angels?

Commentaries on Mark 5:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Legion: for we are many - Could a disease have spoken so? "No, there was no devil in the case; the man spoke according to the prejudice of his countrymen." And do you think that the Spirit of God could employ himself in retailing such ridiculous and nonsensical prejudices? "But the evangelist gives these as this madman's words, and it was necessary that, as a faithful historian, he should mention these circumstances." But this objection is destroyed by…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-20Verses 1-20 See this account of the demoniacs fully explained in the notes at Matthew 8:28-34. Mark 5:4 He had been often bound with fetters and chains - Efforts had been made to confine him, but his great strength - his strength increased by his malady - had prevented it. There often appears to be a great increase of strength produced by insanity, and what is here stated in regard to this maniac often occurs in Palestine and elsewhere now. Dr. Thomson…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9A legion was a Roman military unit of 5,000–6,000 men. Here it describes the presence of many evil spirits.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. And he asked him, What is thy name?--The object of this question was to extort an acknowledgment of the virulence of demoniacal power by which this victim was enthralled. And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many--or, as in Luke (Lu 8:30) "because many devils [demons] were entered into him." A legion, in the Roman army, amounted, at its full complement, to six thousand; but here the word is used, as such words with us, and even this…Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 5:9

• Demons
• Gadarenes
• Jesus, the Christ
• Legion
• Miracles

In the dictionaries

• Choke
• Clothes
• Devil
• Gergesa
• Legion
• Lie
• Straightway
• Throng
• Whole
• Worse

Commentaries on Mark 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings