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Many times it had seized him, and even though he was kept a prisoner, his hands and feet tied with chains, he would break the chains and be driven by the demon out into the desert. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/luke/8-29.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/luke/8-29.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/luke/8-29.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/luke/1.htm">Luke</a> > <a href="/gntd/luke/8.htm">Chapter 8</a> > Verse 29</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../luke/8-28.htm" title="Luke 8:28">◄</a> Luke 8:29 <a href="../luke/8-30.htm" title="Luke 8:30">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/luke/8.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/luke/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He said this because Jesus had ordered the evil spirit to go out of him. Many times it had seized him, and even though he was kept a prisoner, his hands and feet tied with chains, he would break the chains and be driven by the demon out into the desert. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/luke/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />for Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many times it had seized him; he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the wilds.)<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/luke/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />He said this because Jesus had already told the evil spirit to go out of him. The man had often been attacked by the demon. And even though he had been bound with chains and leg irons and kept under guard, he smashed whatever bound him. Then the demon would force him out into lonely places. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/luke/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For he had ordered the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (It had taken hold of him many times, and he used to be bound with chains and shackles as a restraint, but he would break his bonds and be driven by the demon into deserted places.)<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/luke/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For he commanded the unclean spirit to go out of the man. For many times it seized him: and he was bound with chains and kept in fetters: and breaking the bonds, he was driven by the devil into the deserts.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">For he commanded the unclean spirit to go out of the man. For many times it seized him: and he was bound with chains and kept in fetters: and breaking the bonds, he was driven by the devil into the deserts.</p><p class="hdg">commanded.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../mark/5-8.htm">Mark 5:8</a> For he said unto him: Go out of the man, thou unclean spirit.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../acts/19-12.htm">Acts 19:12-16</a> So that even there were brought from his body to the sick, handkerchiefs and aprons: and the diseases departed from them: and the wicked spirits went out of them. . . . </p><p class="hdg">caught.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../luke/9-39.htm">Luke 9:39,42</a> And lo, a spirit seizeth him, and he suddenly crieth out, and he throweth him down and teareth him, so that he foameth; and bruising him, he hardly departeth from him. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../mark/5-3.htm">Mark 5:3-5</a> Who had his dwelling in the tombs, and no man now could bind him, not even with chains. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../mark/9-20.htm">Mark 9:20-26</a> And they brought him. And when he had seen him, immediately the spirit troubled him and being thrown down upon the ground, he rolled about foaming. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_timothy/2-25.htm">2 Timothy 2:25,26</a> With modesty admonishing them that resist the truth: if peradventure God may give them repentance to know the truth; . . . </p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/luke/8.htm">The Demons and the Pigs</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">28</span>And when he saw Jesus, he fell down before him. And crying out with a loud voice, he said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the most high God? I beseech thee, do not torment me. <span class="reftext">29</span><span class="highl">For he commanded the unclean spirit to go out of the man. For many times it seized him: and he was bound with chains and kept in fetters: and breaking the bonds, he was driven by the devil into the deserts.</span> <span class="reftext">30</span>And Jesus asked him, saying: What is thy name? But he said: Legion. Because many devils were entered into him.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../mark/5-4.htm">Mark 5:4</a></span><br />For having been often bound with fetters and chains, he had burst the chains, and broken the fetters in pieces, and no one could tame him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../luke/8-28.htm">Luke 8:28</a></span><br />And when he saw Jesus, he fell down before him. And crying out with a loud voice, he said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the most high God? I beseech thee, do not torment me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../luke/8-30.htm">Luke 8:30</a></span><br />And Jesus asked him, saying: What is thy name? But he said: Legion. 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