Mark 5:9
“And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.”
Mark 5:9 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- And he asked him: What is thy name? And he saith to him: My name is Legion, for we are many.
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many.
- DARBYDarby
- And he asked him, What is thy name? And he says to him, Legion is my name, because we are many.
- WEBThe World English Bible
- He asked him, What is your name? He said to him, My name is Legion, for we are many.
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- and he was questioning him, 'What is thy name?' and he answered, saying, 'Legion is my name, because we are many;'
- BPVBiblePics Version
- And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
Context: Mark 5
7And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
8For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
9And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
10And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
11Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
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Commentary
Mark 5 is a powerful chapter that speaks to the power of faith and the power of Jesus. It begins with Jesus and his disciples crossing the Sea of Galilee and arriving in the region of the Gerasenes. Here, Jesus encounters a man possessed by an unclean spirit. The man is described as living among the tombs, and he is so violent that no one can pass by him. Jesus commands the unclean spirit to come out of the man, and it does so, leaving the man in peace.