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Luke 8:30 KJV
Luke · chapter 8 · verse 30 · King James Version
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.Luke 8:30 · King James Version
Luke 8:30 in context
28When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
29(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
30And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
31And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
32And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
Key words (Strong's)
- enteredeiserchomaito go out or come in to enter, of men or animals, as into a house or a city, of Satan…G1525 →
- sayinglegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- Legionlegiōna legion, a body of soldiers whose number differed at different times, and in the time of…G3003 →
- devilsdaimonionthe divine power, deity, divinity, a spirit, a being inferior to God, superior to men…G1140 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
- askedeperōtaōto accost one with an enquiry, put a question to, enquiry of, ask, interrogate, to…G1905 →
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