Legion
demonic single tradition · 1
Legion is a group of demons, particularly those in two of three versions of the exorcism of the Gerasene demoniac. Legion is a large collection of demons that form a group mind, sharing a single mind and will.
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Source passages
“the author of the Gospel of Mark could well have expected readers to associate the name Legion with the Roman military formation, active in the area at the time (around 70 AD). The intention may be to show that Jesus is stronger than the occupying force of the Romans. The Biblical scholar Seyoon Kim, however, points out that the Latin legio was commonly used as a loanword in Hebrew and Aramaic to indicate an unspecified but large quantity. In the New Testament text, it is used as a proper name, ”
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