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Matthew 8:28-34; Mark 5:1-20; Luke 8:26-39

What Is Thy Name?

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What Is Thy Name?

Matthew 8:28-34; Mark 5:1-20; Luke 8:26-39

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What Is Thy Name?

Matthew 8:28-34; Mark 5:1-20; Luke 8:26-39

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This song belongs to the Matthew collection. 8 recordings are available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

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Matthew
[Verse 1] Among the tombs beyond the sea, A man cried night and day. Chains had broken from his arms; No human hand could make him stay. He cut himself among the stones, Unclothed beneath the sky. When Jesus stepped upon the shore, The tormented ran and cried. [Refrain] What is thy name? "Legion, for many remain." What is thy name? A multitude answered through pain. Yet every unclean spirit Knew authority had come; What is thy name? The darkness could not overcome. [Verse 2] The spirits begged to enter swine; The herd ran down the steep. Two thousand rushed into the water And vanished in the deep. The townsmen found the former madman Clothed and seated, in his mind. Fear replaced their former terror; They asked the Healer to leave behind. [Bridge] The restored man begged to follow, But received a homeward role: Tell thy friends what mercy has done; Make the ten towns hear the whole. [Final Chorus] What is thy name? No legion could possess the shore. The man once bound among the graves Went home to speak of mercy's power.

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Matthew 8: Authority reaches the places people cannot

The authority displayed in teaching now reaches leprosy, paralysis, fever, distance, weather, and demons. Jesus touches a man before announcing him clean, speaks a word a centurion trusts without demanding physical proximity, and restores Peter’s mother-in-law inside an ordinary household before many more are healed that evening. Between these acts, Matthew places demanding exchanges about following, stripping enthusiasm of guarantees about comfort or delay. The disciples then follow Jesus into a boat and discover that following does not prevent a storm. His command produces a great calm and a question about his identity. Across the water, demons answer that question with the title “Son of God,” but their recognition is not allegiance, and the nearby town responds to his authority by asking him to leave.

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