Mark 5:9
“And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And he asked him, what is thy name?.... Which question Christ put, not for his own sake; for he was not ignorant of his…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Mark 5:1-20
See this account of the demoniacs fully explained in the notes at Mat 8:28-34. Mar 5:4 He had been often bound with…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Legion: for we are many - Could a disease have spoken so? "No, there was no devil in the case; the man spoke according…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Mark 5:1-20
We have here an instance of Christ's dispossessing the strong man armed, and disposing of him as he pleased, to make it…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
My name is Legion "He had seen the thick and serried ranks of a Roman legion, that fearful instrument of oppression,…
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