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NASB | Matthew 26:53 "Or do you think that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 26:53 "Do you think that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will immediately provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels? |
Subject: how many angels in a legion? |
Bible Note: Hello Tim, looks like our "questionable source" was off by only 6000 oops! I guess he mist it on that one too. His initials wouldn't be K.C. would they? legion The major unit of the Roman army consisting of 3,000 to 6,000 infantry troops and 100 to 200 cavalry troops. c.1205, from O.Fr. legion "Roman legion" (3,000 to 6,000 men, under Marius usually with attached cavalry), from L. legionem (nom. legio) "body of soldiers," from legere "to choose, gather," also "to read" Generalized sense of "a large number" is due to (inaccurate) translations of allusive phrase in Mark v.9 God bless. John |
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