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Mark Chapter 5 verse 8 Holy Bible

ASV Mark 5:8

For he said unto him, Come forth, thou unclean spirit, out of the man.
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BBE Mark 5:8

For Jesus had said to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.
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DARBY Mark 5:8

For he said to him, Come forth, unclean spirit, out of the man.
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KJV Mark 5:8

For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
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WBT Mark 5:8

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WEB Mark 5:8

For he said to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"
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YLT Mark 5:8

(for he said to him, `Come forth, spirit unclean, out of the man,')
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 8, 9. - For he said unto him, Come forth, thou unclean spirit, out of the man; literally, for he was saying (ἔλεγε). The unclean spirit endeavored to arrest, before it was spoken, that word of power which he knew he must obey. So in what follows, He was asking him (ἐπηρώτα), What is thy name? Why does our Lord ask this question? Clearly to elicit from him an answer that would reveal the multitude of the evil spirits, and so make his own power over them to be fully known. And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many. The Roman legion consisted of six thousand soldiers. But the word is here used indefinitely for a large number. St. Luke so explains it where he says (Luke 8:30), "And he said, Legion: for many devils were entered into him." This revelation is doubtless designed to teach us how great is the number as well as the malignity of the evil spirits. If one human being can be possessed by so many, how vast must be the host of those who are permitted to have access to the souls of men, and if possible lead them to destruction! Satan here imitates him who is "The Lord of hosts." He too marshals his hosts, that he may fight against God and his people. But "for this purpose was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) For he said unto him.--The Greek verb is in the imperfect tense, he was saying, as though the demoniac had interrupted our Lord even while the words were in the act of being uttered.Thou unclean spirit.--It is noticeable that our Lord first speaks as if the men were oppressed by a single demon only, and that it is in the answer of the man himself that we learn that their name was Legion. (On the man's use of the word "Legion," see Note on Matthew 8:29.)