Mark 5:9

5:9 Jesus ¹  asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “My name is Legion, ²  for we are many.”

Mark 5:15

5:15 They came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind – the one who had the “Legion” – and they were afraid.

Mark 7:26

7:26 The woman was a Greek, of Syrophoenician origin. She ³  asked him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

Mark 7:29

7:29 Then ⁴  he said to her, “Because you said this, you may go. The demon has left your daughter.”

Mark 9:28

9:28 Then, ⁵  after he went into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”

Mark 15:39

15:39 Now when the centurion, ⁶  who stood in front of him, saw how he died, ⁷  he said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!”

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¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² sn The name Legion means “thousands,” a word taken from a Latin term for a large group of soldiers. The term not only suggests a multiple possession, but also adds a military feel to the account. This is a true battle.

³ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

⁶ sn A centurion was a noncommissioned officer in the Roman army or one of the auxiliary territorial armies, commanding a centuria of (nominally) 100 men. The responsibilities of centurions were broadly similar to modern junior officers, but there was a wide gap in social status between them and officers, and relatively few were promoted beyond the rank of senior centurion. The Roman troops stationed in Judea were auxiliaries, who would normally be rewarded with Roman citizenship after 25 years of service. Some of the centurions may have served originally in the Roman legions (regular army) and thus gained their citizenship at enlistment. Others may have inherited it, like Paul.

⁷ tn Grk “the way he breathed his last”; or “the way he expired”; or “that he thus breathed no more.”