What does the phrase "I am Legion, for we are many" mean?

This is a Biblical allusion to an incident where Jesus healed a maniac who ranted and raved as an animal, cut himself with stones and lived among tombs. When Jesus asked "Who are...

(orgin of the word :legion from the herbrew term legio or (ש"ע) לגיון; המון, מספר רב

Legion first mentioned in the "Gospel of Mark" 5:9 to mean possesion of many demons or hence "we are many" Verse in the book of Mark:

And he( jesus) asked him ( the man possesed) what is thy name, and he anwsered saying my name is legion, for we are many.

It is futhermore mentioned in luke and matthew as well. The books are in this order: matthew, mark, luke

if speaking about rational physics it means : a wide open space

Any belief cannot be single or solitude.  the religion's inventor are lonely, they hold a belief without spread, and then ,he taught to many people , he addressed, he explained, at last, some people accepted and eventually. large numbers of advocator made his series of theories to become a religion.

Region, is a nother form of fans, at least i hold this belief. If a person has his own primary thinking, he will be a learner, not a member.

there is a website to find the answer on

www.phrases.org.uk/

This quote is taken from the New Testament of the Christian Bible. How can I better explain it than by showing you the source in the book of Mark, chapter five, starting in verse 2 (New International Version):

Mark 5:2 When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him. 3 This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain. 4 For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him. 5 Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.

6 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him. 7 He shouted at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God’s name don’t torture me!” 8 For Jesus had said to him, “Come out of this man, you impure spirit!”

9 Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”

“My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.” 10 And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.

It is from the Gospels of Mark, Matthew, and Luke in the New Testament of the Holy Catholic Bible. (John is not included because he is not a synoptic bible writer). It means that Jesus is a leigon and those who follow him will be one with him

The Christian New Testament gospels of Mark, Luke and Matthew describe an incident in which Jesus meets a man, or men, possessed by demons who, when asked what their name is, respond:
"My name is Legion, for we are many."(In Latin) "Nomen mihi Legio est, quia multi sumus."

In Latin Legio means to gather, choose, collect, pass through, read, appoint, select 

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This is a Biblical allusion to an incident where Jesus healed a maniac who ranted and raved as an animal, cut himself with stones and lived among tombs. When Jesus asked

To me this represents "rebellion" & "symbolism" in fact legion just means more than one follower and when he says his name is legion the demon probably is a demonic leader of some sort so when it comes up to a certain extent he might have been more than possessed, he might have been possessed in a more darker concept that meant he was possessed by a very powerful demon. Most people think excorscisms are in fact not real, but their is a story of a young girl that was possessed during the reformation era in which she cried out in aramaic "those who dare go against thee the reformers are the followers of satan" so that girl had no knowledge of aramaic at all. this lead to a spiritual war betweem the catholics & the refromers while the means of showing a different view of excorscism's. It ended up that the reformers power of prayer did not work but the power of the catholic churches rituals won the battle. The final words of the demon where:

You have won thy heart, but you have not won my soul.

This confused many of the reformers, because demons aren't suppose to have a heart right?

It comes from the parable that Jesus told about the possessed man that was in the tombs. Jesus told the spirt to leave him and the reply was that they were legion, we are many and Jesus ordered the spirits out where they entered into a herd of swine and ran off a cliff into the sea.

This phrase has been taken from the movie "ghost rider". This phrase is used by a ghost who is not single and has captured many other spirits to join in with him. This is the meaning of this phrase. He calls himself legion because now he is not single but has many other spirits who has joined this soul

We should also note that the "legion" (Latin: legio) is one of the basic units in the Roman military system. So, when the demonic presence identifies itself as being named Legion, this...

This is a biblical allusion in the New Testament where Jesus meets a man possessed by demons who when Jesus asked what his name was hes said "My name is legion, for we are many."

the demon through the man says, "You might as well just call me Legion... for i represent my teams' intentions and there are many on my team. We are a group of demons against you."

This is a Biblical allusion to an incident where Jesus healed a maniac who ranted and raved as an animal, cut himself with stones and lived among tombs. When Jesus asked "Who are you?", he was not speaking to the man but to the demons which possessed him. Through the man they replied," I am Legion (meaning 'many'), for we are many." The evil spirits leaving the man went into a herd of pigs which in turn went wild, plunging themselves into the Sea of Galilee and drowning there. Because of "collateral damage" having been done, Jesus was asked by the local authorities to leave the area. So He did.

Three of the four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke but not John) give variable accounts of this.

When Jesus Christ encountered the possessed man that lived in the cemetery.  To add to earlier answers, as Jesus was perparing to cast the demons out of the man, the demons begged Jesus to send them into a local herd of swine.  When he did, the herd of swine were then possessed and immediately ran themselves into the water and all drown.  What is to be taken from this is that the Devil and his menions only seek to destroy whatever is within their grasp.  Be it man or animal.  Salvation saves a person from such a fate...

It is from ghost rider... I LOVE THAT MOVIE! okay, bye