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Mark 5:9

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5:9Jesus13 asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “My name is Legion,14 for we are many.”

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Footnotes

  1. 13 Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 14 The name Legion means “thousands,” a word taken from a Latin term for a large group of soldiers. The term not only suggests a multiple possession, but also adds a military feel to the account. This is a true battle.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”

“My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“What is your name?” he asked him.

“My name is Legion,” he answered him, “because we are many.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Then Jesus demanded, “What is your name?”

And he replied, “My name is Legion, because there are many of us inside this man.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he was asking him “What is your name?” And he said to him, “My name is Legion, because we are many.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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