Noun legeōn (legion) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV)


Matthew

26: 53Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions (legeōn) of angels?

Mark

5: 9Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He replied, "My name is Legion (legeōn); for we are many."
5: 15They came to Jesus and saw the demoniac sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, the very man who had had the legion (legeōn); and they were afraid.

Luke

8: 30Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion (legeōn)"; for many demons had entered him.