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  • Mark 5:9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 9 But Jesus asked him: “What is your name?” And he replied: “My name is Legion, because there are many of us.”

  • Mark 5:9
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 9 καὶ And ἐπηρώτα he was inquiring upon αὐτόν him Τί What ὄνομά name σοι; to you? καὶ And λέγει he is saying αὐτῷ to him Λεγιὼν Legion ὄνομά name μοι, to me, ὅτι because πολλοί many ἐσμεν· we are;

  • Mark 5:9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 9 But he began to ask him: “What is your name?” And he said to him: “My name is Legion,+ because there are many of us.”+

  • Mark 5:9
    The Bible in Living English
    • 9 And he put the question to him “What is your name?” and he said to him “My name is Brigade because there are many of us.”

  • Mark 5:9
    American Standard Version
    • 9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many.

  • Mark 5:9
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 9 and he was questioning him—What is thy name? and he saith to him—Legion is my name, because we are many;

  • Mark 5:9
    King James Version
    • 9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

  • Mark
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2026
    • 5:9 it-1 175; it-2 235-236; jy 114; gt chapter 45; w87 5/15 8

  • Mark
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 5:9 ad 132

  • Mark
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 5:9

      Insight, Volume 1, p. 175

      Insight, Volume 2, pp. 235-236

      Jesus—The Way, p. 114

      The Watchtower,

      5/15/1987, p. 8

  • Mark Study Notes—Chapter 5
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 5:9

      Legion: Likely, this was not the demon-possessed man’s actual name, but it indicates that the man was possessed by many demons. Possibly, the chief one of these demons caused this man to say that his name was Legion. In the first century C.E., a Roman legion usually consisted of some 6,000 men, which may indicate that a large number of demons were involved.​—See study note on Mt 26:53.

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