Mark 5:9

King James Version (KJV)

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

Translations

Mark 5:9 - Amplified Bible

And He asked him, What is your name? He replied, My name is Legion, for we are many.

Mark 5:9 - American Standard Version

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

Mark 5:9 - Bible in Basic English

And Jesus said, What is your name? And he made answer, My name is Legion, because there are a great number of us.

Mark 5:9 - Darby Bible

And he asked him, What is thy name? And he says to him, Legion is my name, because we are many.

Mark 5:9 - English Standard Version

And Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He replied, "My name is Legion, for we are many."

Mark 5:9 - King James Version

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

Mark 5:9 - La Biblia de las Americas

Y le preguntò: ¿Còmo te llamas? Y él le dijo*: Me llamo Legiòn, porque somos muchos.

Mark 5:9 - The Message

Jesus asked him, "Tell me your name."   He replied, "My name is Mob. I’m a rioting mob." Then he desperately begged Jesus not to banish them from the country.

Mark 5:9 - New American Standard Bible

And He was asking him, "What is your name?" And he *said to Him, "My name is Legion; for we are many."

Mark 5:9 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

"¿Còmo te llamas?" le preguntò Jesùs. "Me llamo Legiòn," respondiò, "porque somos muchos."

Mark 5:9 - World English Bible

He asked him, "What is your name?" He said to him, "My name is Legion, for we are many."

Mark 5:9 - Young's Living Translation

and he was questioning him, `What [is] thy name?` and he answered, saying, `Legion [is] my name, because we are many;`

Mark 5:9 - Additional Comments

I think this was a rhetorical question, for Jesus certainly knew who they were. This was probably for the sake of those watching.

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