²⁸ When he saw Jesus, he ·cried out [shouted; shrieked] and fell down before him. He said with a loud voice, “·What do you want with me [Leave me alone; What business do we have with each other; ^LWhat to me and to you], Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t ·torture [torment] me!” ²⁹ He said this because Jesus was commanding [reprimanding; rebuking] the ·evil [defiling; ^Lunclean; 4:33] spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had ·taken hold of [seized; taken control of] him. Though he had been kept under guard and chained hand and foot, he had broken his chains and had been ·forced [driven] by the demon out into ·a lonely place [the desert/wilderness].

³⁰ Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”

He answered, “Legion,” because many demons ·were in [had entered] him [^Ca legion was about five thousand Roman soldiers; the sense here is “many”].