Mark 5:9
New International Version
Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.”

New Living Translation
Then Jesus demanded, “What is your name?” And he replied, “My name is Legion, because there are many of us inside this man.”

English Standard Version
And Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”

Berean Standard Bible
“What is your name?” Jesus asked. “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.”

Berean Literal Bible
And He was asking him, "What is your name?" And he answered saying, "My name is Legion, because we are many."

King James Bible
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

New King James Version
Then He asked him, “What is your name?” And he answered, saying, “My name is Legion; for we are many.”

New American Standard Bible
And He was asking him, “What is your name?” And he said to Him, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”

NASB 1995
And He was asking him, “What is your name?” And he said to Him, “My name is Legion; for we are many.”

NASB 1977
And He was asking him, “What is your name?” And he said to Him, “My name is Legion; for we are many.”

Legacy Standard Bible
And He was asking him, “What is your name?” And he said to Him, “My name is Legion; for we are many.”

Amplified Bible
He was asking him, “What is your name?” And he replied, “My name is Legion; for we are many.”

Christian Standard Bible
“What is your name? ” he asked him. “My name is Legion,” he answered him, “because we are many.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
“What is your name?” He asked him.” My name is Legion,” he answered Him, “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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he had asked him, “What is your name?” He said to him, “Our name is Legion, for we are many.”

Contemporary English Version
Jesus asked, "What is your name?" The man answered, "My name is Lots, because I have 'lots' of evil spirits."

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he asked him: What is thy name? And he saith to him: My name is Legion, for we are many.

English Revised Version
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He told Jesus, "My name is Legion [Six Thousand], because there are many of us."

Good News Translation
So Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" The man answered, "My name is 'Mob'--there are so many of us!"

International Standard Version
Then Jesus asked him, "What's your name?" He told him, "My name is Legion, because there are many of us."

Literal Standard Version
And He was questioning him, “What [is] your name?” And he answered, saying, “Legion [is] my name, because we are many”;

Majority Standard Bible
“What is your name?” Jesus asked. “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.”

New American Bible
He asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Legion is my name. There are many of us.”

NET Bible
Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "My name is Legion, for we are many."

New Revised Standard Version
Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “My name is Legion; for we are many.”

New Heart English Bible
And then he asked him, "What is your name?" And he replied, "My name is Legion, for we are many."

Webster's Bible Translation
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."

World English Bible
He asked him, “What is your name?” He said to him, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”

Young's Literal Translation
and he was questioning him, 'What is thy name?' and he answered, saying, 'Legion is my name, because we are many;'

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Demons and the Pigs
8For Jesus had already declared, “Come out of this man, you unclean spirit!” 9“What is your name?” Jesus asked. “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.” 10And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of that region.…

Cross References
Matthew 12:45
Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there; and the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation."

Matthew 26:53
Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?

Mark 5:8
For Jesus had already declared, "Come out of this man, you unclean spirit!"

Mark 5:10
And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of that region.

Mark 5:15
When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons sitting there, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

Luke 8:30
"What is your name?" Jesus asked. "Legion," he replied, because many demons had gone into him.


Treasury of Scripture

And he asked him, What is your name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

What.

Luke 8:30
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.

Luke 11:21-26
When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: …

Legion.

Matthew 12:45
Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

Matthew 26:53
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?

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Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
“What [is]
Τί (Ti)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

your
σοι (soi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

name?”
ὄνομά (onoma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3686: Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a 'name'.

[Jesus] asked.
ἐπηρώτα (epērōta)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1905: To interrogate, question, demand of. From epi and erotao; to ask for, i.e. Inquire, seek.

“My
μοι (moi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

name [is]
ὄνομά (onoma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3686: Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a 'name'.

Legion,”
Λεγιὼν (Legiōn)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3003: Of Latin origin; a 'legion', i.e. Roman regiment.

he replied,
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

“for
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

we are
ἐσμεν (esmen)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

many.”
πολλοί (polloi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4183: Much, many; often.


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