And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
Jesus asked him, 'What's your name?' And he answered, 'Legion', because a whole army of demons had taken over his body.
Sometimes the darkness we're fighting isn't just one thing, but Jesus still asks the hard questions.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of the Gospel of Luke's account of Jesus' encounter with a man possessed by demons in the region of the Gerasenes, which was a Gentile area near the Sea of Galilee. In the first-century Jewish and Greco-Roman world, demonic possession was often seen as a source of extreme mental and physical torment, reflecting broader beliefs in spiritual warfare. The term "Legion" used by the man symbolizes a large Roman military unit, emphasizing the overwhelming number of demons and possibly alluding to the oppressive Roman occupation.
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