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28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him. He said with a loud voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torture me!” 29 He said this because Jesus was commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had taken hold of him. Though he had been kept under guard and chained hand and foot, he had broken his chains and had been forced by the demon out into a lonely place.

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

He answered, “Legion,”[a] because many demons were in him.

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Footnotes

  1. 8:30 Legion Means very many. A legion was about five thousand men in the Roman army.

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