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 will place beside Me, even now, more than twelve legions of angels?
Mark 5:9
And He asked him, "What is your name?" And he says to Him, "My name is Legion, because we are many."

Many

Luke 8:2
and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary who is called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
Matthew 8:29
and, behold, they cried out, saying, "What is there to us and to Thee, O Son of God? Didst Thou come here to torment us before the time?"
Mark 16:9
And, having risen early on the first day of a sabbath, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene from whom He had cast out seven demons.

General references

Matthew 8:31
And the demons were entreating Him, saying, "If Thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine."
Acts 19:15
And the evil spirit, answering, said to them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I understand; but who are ye?"