It appears that you must believe that the KJV must be your personal canon as if there would be no other translation that could be accurate - consider this the story of Mark 5
as it tells of a man who was possessed by demons though the KJV uses the term devils as in plural devils -
Leviticus 17:7
They shall no longer sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat demons with which they play the harlot. This shall be a permanent statute to them throughout their generations.”’
Deuteronomy 32:17
“They sacrificed to demons who were not God, To gods whom they have not known, New gods who came lately, Whom your fathers did not dread.
Psalm 106:37
They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons,
Matthew 7:22
Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’
Matthew 8:16
When evening came, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed; and He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were ill.
Matthew 8:28
[ Jesus Casts Out Demons ] When He came to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, two men who were demon-possessed met Him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so extremely violent that no one could pass by that way.
Matthew 8:31
The demons began to entreat Him, saying, “If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.”
Matthew 9:32
As they were going out, a mute, demon-possessed man was brought to Him.
Matthew 9:33
After the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed, and were saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.”
Matthew 9:34
But the Pharisees were saying, “He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.”
Matthew 10:8
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.
Matthew 11:18
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’
Matthew 12:22
[ The Pharisees Rebuked ] Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed him, so that the mute man spoke and saw.
Matthew 12:24
But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons.”
Matthew 12:27
If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges.
Matthew 12:28
But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
Matthew 15:22
And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and began to cry out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is cruelly demon-possessed.”
Matthew 17:18
And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was cured at once.
Mark 1:32
When evening came, after the sun had set, they began bringing to Him all who were ill and those who were demon-possessed.
Mark 1:34
And He healed many who were ill with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and He was not permitting the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.
Mark 1:39
And He went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out the demons.
Mark 3:15
and to have authority to cast out the demons.
Mark 3:22
The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.”
Mark 5:12
The demons implored Him, saying, “Send us into the swine so that we may enter them.”
Mark 5:15
They came to Jesus and observed the man who had been demon-possessed sitting down, clothed and in his right mind, the very man who had had the “legion”; and they became frightened.
In common usage, a legion was the largest unit in the Roman army. At that time, a legion averaged about 5,000 fighting men, though it could have thousands more or fewer. So the term
legion refers to any large number of beings; a multitude. When the demon in
Mark 5 said that its name was Legion, it meant that the demoniac of the Gerasenes was possessed by a large number of unclean spirits.
Scripture does not say exactly how many demons comprised the Legion within the man. However, when Jesus cast them out, they entered a
herd of pigs feeding nearby. Legion caused the pigs to rush down a hillside and into the sea, where they were all drowned (
Mark 5:13). The number of pigs killed was “about two thousand.” That detail suggests that Legion was composed of about two thousand demons. The large number of demons may account for the afflicted man’s untamable nature and great strength—strength that was no match for God, of course.
There is one other mention of a “legion” in the context of spirit beings, this time of good angels. When Jesus was being arrested, Peter pulled out a sword and wounded a nearby member of the mob. Jesus healed the wound (
Matthew 26:51) and told Peter to put away his sword. The Lord reminded Peter that, if He needed help, He could have God send “more than twelve legions of angels” (verse 53). That might total 60,000 angels, but the exact number wasn’t the point Jesus was making. Rather, it was to remind the terrified disciples that God is always in control of all circumstances, even during the horrible injustice of the murder of his own Son.
What does it mean that the name of the demon was Legion?
