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Mark 5:9 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Mark 5:9Greek Interlinear

Greek · Mark 5:915 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
ἐπηρώταepērōta
He was askingverbG1905
αὐτόνauton
himpronounG846
ΤίTi
a (kind of), any (man, thingpronounG5100
ὄνομάonoma
the namenounG3686
σοιsoi
of youpronounG4771
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
λέγειlegei
sayverbG3004
αὐτῷautō
he / she / it / samepronounG846
ΛεγιὼνLegiōn
What isnounG5101
ὄνομάonoma
is namenounG3686
μοιmoi
IpronounG1473
ὅτιhoti
becausewordG3754
πολλοίpolloi
manyadjectiveG4183
ἐσμενesmen
we areverbG1510
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Mark 5:9

Those who were in the ship enquired among themselves, 'What manner of man is this?' and now it is made known Who He is by the testimony of His enemies. For the demoniac came up confessing that He was the Son of God. Proceeding to which circumstance the Evangelist says, 'And they came over unto the other side, &c.'

Theophylact · 11th century

Geraza is a noted town of Arabia, across the Jordan, near mount Galaad, which the tribe of Manasseh held, not far from the lake of Tiberias, into which the swine were precipitated.

Bede · 8th century · in Marc., 2, 21

Though Matthew says that there were two, Mark and Luke mention one, that you may understand that one of them was a more illustrious person, concerning whose state that country was much afflicted.

Augustine · 4th century · de Con. Evan., 2, 24
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