Mark 5:9 Commentary - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
9. Asked… What is thy name? Christ asked the man (not the demon) his name, in order to call out his personal consciousness, and aid in restoring him to himself. My name is Legion The demon snatches the man’s organs and answers the question for himself, giving his own name. He is a host by nature and by name. A Legion in the Roman army was a division embracing six thousand men. The demon, perhaps, assumes that name for this whole number, as being their leader. That Legion is a name for a commander of a legion among the Jews, appears from the Talmudical writings. It is not indeed to be supposed that either angels or devils wear in the invisible world the names that men give to their visible manifestations; and hence the same dark personality may enact the oracular Python or Apollo among the Greeks, the Belial, perhaps, among the Hebrews, and the Beelzebub among the Canaanites.
Consult other comments:
Mark 5:9 - Abbott's Illustrated New Testament
Mark 5:9 - The Greek Testament
Mark 5:9 - Calvin's Complete Commentary
Mark 5:9 - The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Mark 5:9 - Adam Clarke's Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Mark 5:9 - Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Mark 5:9 - Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Mark 5:9 - Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)
Mark 5:9 - The Expositor’s Greek Testament by Robertson
Mark 5:9 - Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
Mark 5:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Mark 5:9 - Gnomon of the New Testament
Mark 5:9 - Henry Alford's Greek Testament
Mark 5:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Mark 5:9 - Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Mark 5:9 - Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Mark 5:9 - Lightfoot Commentary Gospels
Mark 5:9 - Church Pulpit Commentary
Mark 5:9 - Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Mark 5:9 - Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament
Mark 5:9 - A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Mark 5:9 - Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Mark 5:9 - John Trapp's Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Mark 5:9 - The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Mark 5:9 - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel D. Whedon (1808-1885) was a prominent university professor, theologian, and author. He served as Professor of Ancient Languages at Wesleyan University in Connecticut; as Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Michigan; and as editor of the Methodist Quarterly Review from 1856 to1884. He authored numerous books including Commentary on the New Testament (New York: Carlton & Porter, 1860); Commentary on the Old Testament (New York: Nelson & Phillips, 1873); What is Arminianism? (Toronto: W. Briggs, 1879); and Essays, Reviews, and Discourses (New York: Phillips & Hunt, 1887).