Mark 5:9 Parallel Translations

Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He told Jesus, "My name is Legion Six Thousand, because there are many of us."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

ASV:

And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many.

BBE:

And Jesus said, What is your name? And he made answer, My name is Legion, because there are a great number of us.

DBY:

And he asked him, What is thy name? And he says to him, Legion is my name, because we are many.

ERV:

And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many.

WEY:

Jesus also questioned him. "What is your name?" He said. "Legion," he replied, "for there are a host of us."

WBS:

And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

WEB:

He asked him, "What is your name?" He said to him, "My name is Legion, for we are many."

YLT:

and he was questioning him, 'What is thy name?' and he answered, saying, 'Legion is my name, because we are many;'

Mark 5:9 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 26:53 "Or do you think that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?

Mark 5:15 They came to Jesus and observed the man who had been demon-possessed sitting down, clothed and in his right mind, the very man who had had the "legion"; and they became frightened.

Luke 8:30 And Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion"; for many demons had entered him. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

5:9 My name is Legion! for we are many - But all these seem to have been under one commander, who accordingly speaks all along, both for them and himself.

MHC:

5:1-20 Some openly wilful sinners are like this madman. The commands of the law are as chains and fetters, to restrain sinners from their wicked courses; but they break those bands in sunder; and it is an evidence of the power of the devil in them. A legion of soldiers consisted of six thousand men, or more. What multitudes of fallen spirits there must be, and all enemies to God and man, when here was a legion in one poor wretched creature! Many there are that rise up against us. We are not a match for our spiritual enemies, in our own strength; but in the Lord, and in the power of his might, we shall be able to stand against them, though there are legions of them. When the vilest transgressor is delivered by the power of Jesus from the bondage of Satan, he will gladly sit at the feet of his Deliverer, and hear his word, who delivers the wretched slaves of Satan, and numbers them among his saints and servants. When the people found that their swine were lost, they had a dislike to Christ. Long-suffering and mercy may be seen, even in the corrections by which men lose their property while their lives are saved, and warning given them to seek the salvation of their souls. The man joyfully proclaimed what great things Jesus had done for him. All men marvelled, but few followed him. Many who cannot but wonder at the works of Christ, yet do not, as they ought, wonder after him.

CONC:

Asking Host Legion Questioned Questioning Replied Saying Says

Great Host Jesus Legion Questioned Questioning

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