The Demons and the Pigs
Mark 5:9
In 9 translations
- BSB
- “What is your name?” Jesus asked. “My name is Legion,” he replied, “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.
- WEB
- He asked him, “What is your name?” He said to him, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”
- ASV
- And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many.
- LSV
- And He was questioning him, “What [is] your name?” And he answered, saying, “Legion [is] my name, because we are many”;
- YLT
- and he was questioning him, 'What [is] thy name?' and he answered, saying, 'Legion [is] my name, because we are many;'
- DBY
- And he asked him, What is thy name? And he says to him, Legion is my name, because we are many.
- DRC
- And he asked him: What is thy name? And he saith to him: My name is Legion, for we are many.
- GNV
- And he asked him, What is thy name? and hee answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read λέγει (“he says”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read λέγων (“saying”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read λεγιὼν (“Legion”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read Λεγεὼν (“Legion”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ὄνομά elsewhere in this verse.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἀπεκρίθη (“he answered”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include αὐτῷ (“to him”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (3)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: ὄνομά σοι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὄνομά σοι; Robinson–Pierpont read σοι ὄνομα.
- SBLGNT: λέγει αὐτῷ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read λέγει αὐτῷ; Robinson–Pierpont read ἀπεκρίθη λέγων.
- SBLGNT: Λεγιὼν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Λεγιὼν; Robinson–Pierpont read Λεγεὼν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ ἐπηρώτα αὐτόν· Τί ὄνομά σοι; καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· Λεγιὼν ὄνομά μοι, ὅτι πολλοί ἐσμεν·
- RP2018
- Καὶ ἐπηρώτα αὐτόν, Τί σοι ὄνομα; Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη, λέγων, Λεγεὼν ὄνομά μοι, ὅτι πολλοί ἐσμεν.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ ἐπηρώτα αὐτόν, Τί σοι ὄνομα; Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη, λέγων, Λεγεὼν ὄνομά μοι, ὅτι πολλοί ἐσμεν.
- SCR1894
- και επηρωτα αυτον τι σοι ονομα και απεκριθη λεγων λεγεων ονομα μοι οτι πολλοι εσμεν
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Cross-references most cited first
- Luke 8:30“What is your name?” Jesus asked. “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.
- Mark 5:15When 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.
- Matthew 26:53Are 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?
- Matthew 12:45Then 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 will it be with this wicked generation.”
- Luke 11:21–26When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure. But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder.…
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