And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.

And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many demons had entered into him.

And Jesus questioned him, saying, 'What is thy name?' and he said, 'Legion,' (because many demons were entered into him,)

"What is your name?" Jesus asked him. "Legion," he replied - because a great number of demons had entered into him;

And Jesus said to him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for a number of spirits had gone into him.

"What is your name?" Jesus asked. "Legion," he answered (for many demons had taken possession of him);

And Jesus asked him, saying, what is thy name?.... This question was put, not out of ignorance in Christ, but for the sake of those that were with him; and partly, that the miserable condition of this man might be the more known; and partly, that his own power might be the more manifest in the dispossession:
and he said, legion, because many devils were entered into him; See Gill on Mark 5:9.