# Mark 5.9

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**Book:** [Mark](/codex/john-mark/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 7. and crying out with a loud voice, he saith, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not. 8. For he said unto him, <span class="rl-speech">Come forth, thou unclean spirit, out of the man.</span>
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> **9. And he asked him, <span class="rl-speech">What is thy name?</span> And he saith unto him, <span class="rl-speech">My name is Legion; for we are many.</span>**
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> 10. And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country. 11. Now there was there on the mountain side a great herd of swine feeding. (Mark 5:7-11, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 7. and crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, don’t torment me.” 8. For he said to him, <span class="rl-speech">“Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”</span>
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> **9. He asked him, <span class="rl-speech">“What is your name?”</span> He said to him, <span class="rl-speech">“My name is Legion, for we are many.”</span>**
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> 10. He begged him much that he would not send them away out of the country. 11. Now on the mountainside there was a great herd of pigs feeding. (Mark 5:7-11, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 7. And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. 8. For he said unto him, <span class="rl-speech">Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.</span>
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> **9. And he asked him, <span class="rl-speech">What is thy name?</span> And he answered, <span class="rl-speech">saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.</span>**
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> 10. And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country. 11. Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. (Mark 5:7-11, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 7. and having called with a loud voice, he said, 'What, to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God the Most High? I adjure thee by God, mayest thou not afflict me!' 8. (for he said to him, <span class="rl-speech">'Come forth, spirit unclean, out of the man,'</span>)
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> **9. and he was questioning him, 'What [is] thy name?' and he answered, <span class="rl-speech">saying, 'Legion [is] my name, because we are many;'</span>**
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> 10. and he was calling on him much, that he may not send them out of the region. 11. And there was there, near the mountains, a great herd of swine feeding, (Mark 5:7-11, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Demonic Activity is Just Medical Conditions Defeater](/codex/demonic-activity-is-just-medical-conditions-defeater/), via [Mark 5.1-20](/codex/mark-5-1-20/)
- [Gentiles Cannot Be Saved Objection Defeater](/codex/gentiles-cannot-be-saved-objection-defeater/), via [Mark 5.1-20](/codex/mark-5-1-20/)

**Concepts:**

- [Authority to Cast Out Demons](/codex/authority-to-cast-out-demons/)
- [Demons](/codex/demons/), via [Mark 5.1-20](/codex/mark-5-1-20/)
- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Mark 5](/codex/mark-5/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G1140 - daimonion](/codex/g1140-daimonion/), via [Mark 5.1-20](/codex/mark-5-1-20/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.