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28 When he saw Jesus, he screamed, fell down in front of him, and cried out in a loud voice, “What do you want from me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you not to torture me!” 29 because Jesus[a] was in the process of ordering the unclean spirit to come out of the man. On many occasions the unclean spirit[b] had seized the man,[c] and though he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, he would break the chains and be driven by the demon into deserted places.

30 Jesus asked the man,[d] “What’s your name?”

He answered, “Legion,”[e] because many demons had gone into him.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 8:29 Lit. he
  2. Luke 8:29 Lit. it
  3. Luke 8:29 Lit. him
  4. Luke 8:30 Lit. him
  5. Luke 8:30 A Roman legion consisted of about 6,000 men.