Luke 8:30 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 (KJV), 1611
Luke 8:30 in 6 Bible Translations
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Luke 8:30 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered into him.”
Luke 8:30 — World English Bible
Luke 8:30 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; for many demons were entered into him. ”
Luke 8:30 — American Standard Version
Luke 8:30 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Jesus questioned him, saying, `What is thy name?' and he said, `Legion,' (because many demons were entered into him,)”
Luke 8:30 — Young's Literal Translation
Luke 8:30 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Jesus asked him saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: for many demons had entered into him. ”
Luke 8:30 — Darby Translation
Luke 8:30 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then Iesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? and he sayd, Legion, because many deuils were entred into him.”
Luke 8:30 — Geneva Bible
Luke 8:30 in Context — Luke 8
28 When 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.)
30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
32 And 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.
What Does Luke 8:30 Mean?
Luke 8:30 is a verse from the Book of Luke, part of the New Testament. It appears in Luke chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.
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