| rdfs:comment | - According to most translations of the original tale the story is as follows: "Once upon a time Jesus noticed a hippy that seemed rather unwell - with a tendency to projectile-vomit pea-soup and spin his head around at random intervals. In his infinite wisdom Jesus decided the man is possessed and asked the demons inhabiting the man to talk - under threat of a stern talking to if they did not comply. Out of fear and/or stupidity the demons answered, "My name is Legion: for we are many." And everybody lived happily ever after - except Legion, who had drowned.."
- The Gospel of Mark, 5:9, describes the following in the country of the Gadarenes: And he (Jesus) asked him (the man), "What is thy name?" And he answered, saying, "My name is Legion: for we are many." The Gospel of Luke, Luke 8:30, describes the following in the country of the Gadarenes: And Jesus asked him, saying, "What is thy name?" And he said, "Legion": because many devils were entered into him. The Gospel of Matthew, Matthew 8:28-34, has a unique version of the story: The demons comprising the Legion are given the appearance of fearing Jesus in the King James Version, Mark 5:10:
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| abstract | - The Gospel of Mark, 5:9, describes the following in the country of the Gadarenes: And he (Jesus) asked him (the man), "What is thy name?" And he answered, saying, "My name is Legion: for we are many." The Gospel of Luke, Luke 8:30, describes the following in the country of the Gadarenes: And Jesus asked him, saying, "What is thy name?" And he said, "Legion": because many devils were entered into him. The Gospel of Matthew, Matthew 8:28-34, has a unique version of the story: And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. The demons comprising the Legion are given the appearance of fearing Jesus in the King James Version, Mark 5:10: And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country. The Greek word chora (χωρα) is used in the original Greek, translated "country" in the King James Version, but it can also be defined as meaning "the space lying between two places or limits" or "an empty expanse". In Luke 8:31, the word abyssos (αβυσσος) is used, meaning "bottomless pit". Although none of the words translated "Hell" in the Bible, those being sheol, Gehenna, Haides, tartaros, were used in the passage it can be interpreted that they begged to be spared from being sent back to Hell. Jesus casts the demons out of the man, granting their request, and allows them to dwell in a herd of pigs. The pigs then drowned themselves in the Sea of Galilee.
- According to most translations of the original tale the story is as follows: "Once upon a time Jesus noticed a hippy that seemed rather unwell - with a tendency to projectile-vomit pea-soup and spin his head around at random intervals. In his infinite wisdom Jesus decided the man is possessed and asked the demons inhabiting the man to talk - under threat of a stern talking to if they did not comply. Out of fear and/or stupidity the demons answered, "My name is Legion: for we are many." Jesus proceeded to ask the demons to leave the hippy's body - Now the demons that composed Legion were aware of the awesome power of Jesus, and being demons they proceeded to tell him that he had "farty-pants" and that they wouldn't leave the hippy and he couldn't do anything about as sending them to Hell would be a retarded punishment as they were already demons born of aforementioned afterlife. Jesus responded by exorcising the demons out of the man and stuffed them into pigs instead - this made the demons sad and they drowned themselves in the nearby sea. And everybody lived happily ever after - except Legion, who had drowned.."
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