Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he says to him, Legion is my name, because we are many.
New American Standard Bible
And He was asking him,
King James Version
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
Holman Bible
“My name is Legion,”
International Standard Version
Then Jesus asked him, "What's your name?"
A Conservative Version
And he demanded him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion, because we are many.
American Standard Version
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many.
Amplified
He was asking him,
An Understandable Version
Then He asked [the evil spirit], "What is your name?" And he answered Him, "My name is 'Legion,' [Note: This word means a number consisting of between 5,000 and 6,000], for there are many of us [i.e., evil spirits]."
Anderson New Testament
And he asked him: What is your name? And he said to him: My name is Legion; for we are many.
Bible in Basic English
And Jesus said, What is your name? And he made answer, My name is Legion, because there are a great number of us.
Common New Testament
Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he replied, "My name is Legion, for we are many."
Daniel Mace New Testament
and Jesus asked him, what is thy name? my name is legion, answered he: for we are many.
Godbey New Testament
And He asked him, What is thy name? And he says to Him, My name is Legion; because we are many.
Goodspeed New Testament
He asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "My name is Legion, for there are many of us."
John Wesley New Testament
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered saying, My name is Legion; for we are many.
Julia Smith Translation
And he asked him, What the name to thee? And he answered, saying, My name, Legion: for we are many.
King James 2000
And he asked him, What is your name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he was asking him "{What is your name}?" And he said to him, "My name [is] Legion, because we are many."
Modern King James verseion
And He asked him, What is your name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion, for we are many.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he asked him, "What is thy name?" and he answered him, saying, "My name is Legion, for we are many."
Moffatt New Testament
Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "Legion," he said, "there is a host of us."
Montgomery New Testament
He continued asking him, "What is your mane?" "Legion is my name, for we are many."
NET Bible
Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "My name is Legion, for we are many."
New Heart English Bible
And then he asked him, "What is your name?" He replied, "My name is Legion, for we are many."
Noyes New Testament
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith to him, Legion is my name; for we are many.
Sawyer New Testament
And he asked him, What is your name? And he said to him, My name is Legion, for we are many.
The Emphasized Bible
and he was questioning him - What is thy name? and he saith to him - Legion, is my name, because we are, many;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And he interrogated him, What is thy name? and he replied, saying, Legion is my name; for we are many.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And he asked him: "What is your name?" "My name," he said, "is Legion, for there are many of us;"
Webster
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
Weymouth New Testament
Jesus also questioned him. "What is your name?" He said. "Legion," he replied, "for there are a host of us."
Williams New Testament
He asked him, "What is your name?" He answered, "My name is Legion, for we are many."
World English Bible
He asked him, "What is your name?" He said to him, "My name is Legion, for we are many."
Worrell New Testament
And He asked him, "What is your name?" And he says to Him, "My name is Legion, because we are many."
Worsley New Testament
And He asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
Youngs Literal Translation
and he was questioning him, 'What is thy name?' and he answered, saying, 'Legion is my name, because we are many;'
Themes
Demons » Two men of the gergesenes (gadarenes, gerasenes)
Gadarenes » Jesus visits and works miracles among, but is rejected
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » The demoniacs in gadara (gerasa) healed
Jesus Christ » History of » Miracle of the swine (in gadara)
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Throws demons out of two men of gadara (gerasa)
Interlinear
Onoma
ὄνομα
Onoma
Usage: 162
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Mark 5:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Demon-Possessed Gerasene Healed
8 For he said to him, Come forth, unclean spirit, out of the man. 9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he says to him, Legion is my name, because we are many. 10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
Cross References
Matthew 26:53
Or thinkest thou that I cannot now call upon my Father, and he will furnish me more than twelve legions of angels?
Luke 8:30
And Jesus asked him saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: for many demons had entered into him.
Matthew 12:45
Then he goes and takes with himself seven other spirits worse than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first. Thus shall it be to this wicked generation also.
Mark 5:15
And they come to Jesus, and they see the possessed of demons sitting and clothed and sensible, him that had had the legion: and they were afraid.
Luke 11:21-26
When the strong man armed keeps his own house, his goods are in peace;