Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "My name is Legion, for 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.
Darby Translation
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he says to him, Legion is my name, because 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."
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 Jesus had said to him, "Come out of that man, you unclean spirit!") 9 Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "My name is Legion, for we are many." 10 He begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of the region.
Cross References
Matthew 26:53
Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions of angels right now?
Luke 8:30
Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion," because many demons had entered him.
Matthew 12:45
Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!"
Mark 5:15
They came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind -- the one who had the "Legion" -- and they were afraid.
Luke 11:21-26
When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are safe.