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Selected Verse: Mark 5:9 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mr 5:9 |
King James |
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
And he asked him, What is thy name?--The object of this question was to extort an acknowledgment of the virulence of demoniacal power by which this victim was enthralled.
And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many--or, as in Luke (Luk 8:30) "because many devils [demons] were entered into him." A legion, in the Roman army, amounted, at its full complement, to six thousand; but here the word is used, as such words with us, and even this one, for an indefinitely large number--large enough however to rush, as soon as permission was given, into two thousand swine and destroy them. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
many
See (Mar 16:9); (Mat 7:22).
(See Scofield) - (Mat 7:22). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| My name is Legion! for we are many - But all these seem to have been under one commander, who accordingly speaks all along, both for them and himself. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Legion: for we are many - Could a disease have spoken so? "No, there was no devil in the case; the man spoke according to the prejudice of his countrymen." And do you think that the Spirit of God could employ himself in retailing such ridiculous and nonsensical prejudices? "But the evangelist gives these as this madman's words, and it was necessary that, as a faithful historian, he should mention these circumstances." But this objection is destroyed by the parallel place in Luke, Luk 8:30, where the inspired writer himself observes, that the demoniac was called Legion, because many demons had entered into him. |
30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
9 Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.