KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Luke 8:30–31
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Luke 8:30
30And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
30And Iesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many deuils were entred into him.
Luke 8:31
31And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
31And they besought him, that he would not command them to goe out into the deepe.
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DEFINED WORDS
Luke 8:30
A word or appellation by which a person or thing is known; also reputation, character, authority, remembrance, or the person represented, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A large body of soldiers; by extension, a very great multitude.
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For the reason that; since.
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A great number; numerous persons or things.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Evil spirits opposed to God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Went or came in; was admitted, introduced, or penetrated.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Luke 8:31
To beseech: to ask earnestly, implore, or entreat.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To order or direct with authority; also, an authoritative order, charge, or commandment.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The sea; the abyss of waters; the ocean.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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From verse 30
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Open the full verse study53Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
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Open the full verse study2And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,
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Open the full verse study9¶ Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
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Open the full verse study29And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
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Open the full verse study9And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
From verse 31
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Open the full verse study41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
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Open the full verse study11But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
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Open the full verse study5But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
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Open the full verse study28When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
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Open the full verse study10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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Open the full verse study7And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
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Open the full verse study8The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
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Open the full verse study20And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
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Open the full verse study1AND I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
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Open the full verse study14And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
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Open the full verse study1AND the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
2And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
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Open the full verse study11And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
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