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 shouted, fell in front of him, and said in a loud voice, “Why are you bothering me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you not to torture me!” 29Jesus ordered the evil spirit to come out of the man. (The evil spirit had controlled the man for a long time. People had kept him under guard. He was chained hand and foot. But he would break the chains. Then the demon would force him to go into the desert.) Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He answered, “Legion [Six Thousand].” (Many demons had entered him.) 31The demons begged Jesus not to order them to go into the bottomless pit. 32A large herd of pigs was feeding on a mountainside. The demons begged Jesus to let them enter those pigs. So he let them do this.

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 26:53Don’t you think that I could call on my Father to send more than twelve legions of angels to help me now?
• Mark 5:9Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He told Jesus, “My name is Legion [Six Thousand], because there are many of us.”
• Luke 8:2Also, some women were with him. They had been cured from evil spirits and various illnesses. These women were Mary, also called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;
• Matthew 8:29They shouted, “Why are you bothering us now, Son of God? Did you come here to torture us before it is time?”
• Mark 16:9After Jesus came back to life early on Sunday, he appeared first to Mary from Magdala, from whom he had forced out seven demons.

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