Luke 8:30

Luke 8:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
• New International Version (NIV)Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion," for many demons had entered him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Jesus asked him, saying, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion,” because many demons had entered him.

Context of Luke 8:30

28When he saw Jesus, he screamed. Then he went down on his knees in front of Jesus and said in a loud voice, ‘Jesus, you are the Son of the powerful God who is over all! What are you doing here? Please do not hurt me.’ 29He said that because Jesus had already said to the bad spirit, ‘Come out of this man.’ The bad spirit had often taken hold of the man, so people watched him carefully. They held his feet with metal chains. But when the bad spirit took hold of him, he often broke the chains. The bad spirit then caused him to go into the wilderness. Jesus asked the man, ‘What is your name?’ The man replied, ‘My name is Army.’ He said this because very many bad spirits had gone into him. 31These bad spirits asked Jesus not to send them away to the world below. 32There was a large group of pigs there and they were eating on the hill. The bad spirits asked Jesus, ‘Let us go into the pigs.’ Jesus replied, ‘You can go into them.’

Luke 8:30 word by word

ἐπηρώτησεν δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τί σοι ὄνομά ἐστιν; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· λεγιών· ὅτι εἰσῆλθεν δαιμόνια πολλὰ εἰς αὐτόν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andδέde · thenG1161
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• askedἐπερωτάωeperōtaō · to questionG1905
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• thyσύsu · youG4771
• nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686
• Legionλεγεώνlegeōn · LegionG3003
• becauseὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• devilsδαιμόνιονdaimonion · demonG1140
• were enteredεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519

Cross-references for Luke 8:30

• Matthew 26:53You should know that I could ask my Father God to help me. He would immediately send more than 12 large groups of angels to fight for me.
• Mark 5:9Then Jesus asked the man, ‘What is your name?’ The man replied, ‘My name is Army because there are so many bad spirits in me.’
• Luke 8:2Some women also went with them. These women had been ill, but Jesus had made them well again. One of the women was Mary from Magdala. Jesus had sent seven bad spirits away from her.
• Matthew 8:29When the two men saw Jesus, they immediately shouted at him, ‘You are the Son of God! What are you doing here? Have you come to punish us before the right time comes?’
• Mark 16:9[Jesus became alive again early on the first day of the week. He appeared first to Mary from Magdala. Jesus had caused seven bad spirits to leave her.

Commentaries on Luke 8:30

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22-39Verses 22-39 See this passage explained in the Matthew 8:23-34 notes, and Mark 5:1-20 notes.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-40Verses 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 deliverance. We may learn much out of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30A Roman legion included about 6,000 soldiers. This number shows that the man had many demons.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Luke 8

• 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