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

The man answered, “Legion.”[a] (He said his name was “Legion” because many demons had gone into him.) 31 The demons begged Jesus not to send them into the bottomless pit.[b] 32 On that hill there was a big herd of pigs eating. The demons begged Jesus to allow them to go into the pigs. So he allowed them to do this.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 8:30 “Legion” This name means very many. A legion was about 6000 men in the Roman army.
  2. Luke 8:31 bottomless pit Literally, “the abyss,” something like a deep hole where evil spirits are kept.

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