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What Does “Legion” Mean in the Bible?

A Roman army of about six thousand soldiers. “A legion” also means “a great many.”

Where it appears in the Bible

Matthew 26:53; Mark 5:9

What the Bible says

Matthew 26:53

Thinkest thou that I cannot ask my Father, and he will give me presently more than twelve legions of angels?

Mark 5:9

And he asked him: What is thy name? And he saith to him: My name is Legion, for we are many.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.

Source: RAE, “legión”

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