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Mark 5:9 KJV
Mark · chapter 5 · verse 9
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.Mark 5:9 · King James Version
Mark 5:9 in context
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- answeredapokrinomaito give an answer to a question proposed, to answer, to begin to speak, but always where…G611 →
- 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 →
- askedeperōtaōto accost one with an enquiry, put a question to, enquiry of, ask, interrogate, to…G1905 →
- nameonomaname univ. of proper names, the name is used for everything which the name covers…G3686 →
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We have here an instance of Christ's dispossessing the strong man armed, and disposing of him as he pleased, to make it appear that he was stronger than he. This he did when he was come to the other side, whither he went through a storm;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-20