Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.

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Bible References

Legion

Matthew 26:53
Or do you think that I cannot call upon my Father, and he would put at my disposal at once more than twelve legions of angels?
Mark 5:9
And he was asking him "{What is your name}?" And he said to him, "My name [is] Legion, because we are many."

Many

Luke 8:2
and some women who had been healed of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (who was called Magdalene), from whom seven demons had gone out,
Matthew 8:29
And behold, they cried out, saying, "{What do you have to do with us}, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?"
Mark 16:9
Now early on the first [day] of the week, [after he] rose, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had expelled seven demons.

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Matthew 8:31
So the demons implored him, saying, "If you are going to expel us, send us into the herd of pigs."
Acts 19:15
But the evil spirit answered [and] said to them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with, but who are you?"