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Matthew 26:53

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26:53 Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions 1  of angels right now?

Matthew 16:27

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16:27 For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done. 2 
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[26:53]  1 sn A legion was a Roman army unit of about 6,000 soldiers, so twelve legions would be 72,000.

[16:27]  2 sn An allusion to Pss 28:4; 62:12; cf. Prov 24:12.



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