Mark 5:9 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 5:9

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Military powers; a legion is a number of soldiers in arms. The devils war against God and his glory, Christ and his gospel, men and their holiness and happiness. They are such as we are to resist and wrestle against, Eph. vi.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3306: “Satan, Self, Sin and the Savior” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1912)

I THINK the text suggests to us something about Satan, something about self and also something about sin and the Savior I. Without any preface, let us at once seek to find in the text SOMETHING ABOUT SATAN. Although an unclean spirit, Legion, like his master, Satan, is very apt to lie. There is no doubt that here, in the Presence of Christ, he spoke the truth when he said, "My name is Legion: for we are many."

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
ἐπηρώτα	epērōta	He was asking	G1905 →
αὐτόν·	auton	him;	G846 →
τί	ti	What [is]	G5101 →
ὄνομά	onoma	[the] name	G3686 →
σοι;	soi	of you	G4771 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
λέγει	legei	he says	G3004 →
αὐτῷ·	autō	to him;	G846 →
λεγιὼν	legiōn	Legion	G3003 →
ὄνομά	onoma	[is] name	G3686 →
μοι	moi	to Me	G3165 →
ὅτι	hoti	because	G3754 →
πολλοί	polloi	many	G4183 →
ἐσμεν.	esmen	we are.	G1510 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
leads to
- Colossians 1:13
  He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,
- 2 Timothy 1:7
  For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
Through
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?
leads to
- 2 Kings 6:17
  Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and…
- Matthew 4:11
  Then the devil left Him, and angels came and ministered to Him.
- Luke 8:30
  “What is your name?” Jesus asked. “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.
- Daniel 7:10
  A river of fire was flowing, coming out from His presence. Thousands upon thousands attended Him, and myriads upon myriads stood before Him. The court was convened, and the books were opened.
Through
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…
leads to
- Luke 11:26
  Then it goes and brings 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.”
- Hebrews 10:26–31
  If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Mark

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Mark