4 - some more examples from the New Testament


  1. Four men who had made a vow are mentioned in Acts 21 (Acts 21:23) 
  2. Four anchors were dropped from the ship that took Paul to Rome (Acts 27:29) 
  3. Four living creatures are mentione in Revelation 4-6, etc
  4. Four horses with riders appear when the first four seals of the seven are opened (Revelation 6)
  5. Four angels are seen standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree in Revelation 7
  6. Four markers are used to describe the multitiude who are saved, they are from every nation, tribe, people and language (Revelation 7:9) 
  7. Four horns on the golden altar are referenced in Revelation  9:13
  8. Four angels previously bound are released to kill a third of mankind in Revelation 9
  9. The four corners of the earth are where people will be gathered from for the great battle (Revelation 20:8)
  10. Four sides are found to the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:6)

4 - some examples from the New Testament

  1. Four drachmas is the worth of the coin Peter found in a fish's mouth when he was directed to catch one by Jesus (Matthew 17:27)
  2. Four winds is from where the angels will gather the elect in due time (Matthew 24:31, etc)
  3. Four men carried a paralysed man to Jesus, a man he forgave and healed (Mark 2:3)
  4. Four times the amount is what Zacchaeus agreed to pay back to anyone he had cheated (Luke 19:8)
  5. Four days is the time Lazarus was in the grave before Jesus raised him (John 11)
  6. Four shares is the number of shares into which Jesus's garments were divided by the soldiers who crucified him (John 19:23) 
  7. Four squads of four soldiers each guarded Peter after his arrest by Herod (Acts 12:4) 
  8. Four unmarried daughters of Philip prophesied (Acts 21:9)
  9. Four men who had made a vow are mentioned in Acts 21 (Acts 21:23) 
  10. Four anchors were dropped from the ship that took Paul to Rome (Acts 27:29)
(Also, Four unmarried daughters of Philip prophesied (Acts 21:9))

3 ways God spoke in the Old Testament according to 1 Samuel 28:6


1 Samuel 28:6
He (Saul) inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him

by dreams
or Urim
or prophets.

2 - some more examples from the New Testament

  1. Two men dressed in white who suddenly stood beside the disciples at the ascension (Acts 1:10)
  2. Two men (Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias) who were nominated as possible replacements for Judas (Acts 1:23)
  3. Two men who were sent from Joppa to Lydda to ask Peter to come to them (Acts 9:38)
  4. Two soldiers who were either side of Peter, bound with two chains, the night before he was due for trial (Acts 12:6)
  5. Two years is the length of time Paul peached in Ephesus, lecturing in the Hall of Tyrannus (Acts 19:10)
  6. Two hours is the length of time they shouted in unison in Ephesus "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!" (Acts 19:34)
  7. Two years is the length of time Paul was in prison until Porcius Festus replaced Felix as governor (Acts 24:27)
  8. Two years is the length of time Paul stayed in his own rented house in Rome, welcoming all who came to see him (Acts 28:30)
  9. Two groups (Jews and Gentiles) now one, the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, being destroyed through Christ (Ephesians 2:14, 15)
  10. Two witnesses mentioned in Revelation 11, who are also "the two olive trees" and the two lampstands and who stand before the Lord of the earth (Revelation 11:3, 4) 

2 - some examples from the New Testament

  1. Two demon possessed men delivered by Jesus in Gadara (Matthew 8:28)
  2. Two blind men healed by Jesus (Matthew 9:27) and another two later (Matthew 20:30)
  3. Two sons in the parables of the two sent to work in the vineyard and of the prodigal son (Matthew 21, Luke 15) and two men who went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector (Luke 17)
  4. Two by two - how the disciples were sent out on mission (Mark 6:7, etc)
  5. Two disciples sent to get the donkey for Jesus to ride on (Luke 19:29, etc) and two sent to prepare the upper room (Mark 14:13, etc)
  6. Two denarii, the money left with the innkeeper by the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:35) and two very small copper coins put into the collection by a poor widow (Luke 21:2, etc)
  7. Two people referred to in reference to his coming - two people will be in one bed and one taken and the other left; two women grinding grain together and one taken and the other left and two men in the fields too. (Luke 17, etc).
  8. Two swords - the number of weapons the disciples had near the time of Jesus's arrest (Luke 22:38)
  9. Two criminals were crucified either side of Jesus (John 19:18, etc)
  10. Two angels who sat where Jesus' body had been, one at the head, one at the foot (John 20:12)
(Also, two days - the time Jesus stayed with the Samaritans and that he waited before going to Lazarus (John 4:40, 11:6))

3 - some more examples from the New Testament

1. Three times is the number of times Peter saw the vision of the animals (Acts 10:16, etc)
2. Three days is the period Paul was blind after his conversion (Acts 9)
3. Three months is the period Paul preached fearlessly in Ephesus (Acts 19:8)
4. Three months is the period Paul spent in Greece after leaving Ephesus (Acts 19:3)
5. Three months is also the period Paul stayed in Malta en route to Rome (Acts 28:11)
6. Three days is the time Paul spent in Syracuse en route to Rome (Acts 28:12)
7. Three shipwrecks were part of the sufferings of the Apostle Paul (2 Corinthians 11:28)
8. Three times Paul prayed for the “thorn in the flesh” to be removed (2 Corinthians 12:7, 8)
9. Three years is the time Paul spent in Arabia (Galatians 1:18)
10. Three virtues remain (1 Corinthians 13:1)
(Also there are three gates on each side of the heavenly Jerusalem (Revelation). Note too that God is a Trinity and is referred to as the one the one who is, who was and who will be (Revelaion 1:8). Also, the third heaven (2 Corinthians 12:2)

3 - some examples from the New Testament


1. Three months is the period Mary stayed with her relative before John and Jesus were born (Luke 1:56)
2. Three gifts were given to Jesus by the Magi (Matthew 2:1-12)
3. Three days is the time it took for Jesus's parents to find him again after losing him in Jerusalem (Luke 2:46)
4. Three temptations came to Christ in the wilderness each answered with a Scripture (Matthew 4:1-11, etc)
6. Three years is probably the period of Jesus's ministry. This is the period mentioned in the parable of the unfruitful fig tree (Luke 13:3)
7. Three shelters is the number of shelters Peter planned erecting on the mount of transfiguration (Matthew 17:4, etc)
8. Three times is the number of times Peter denied his Lord as predicted and as echoed in his later restoration (John 18, etc)
9. Three crosses were used to crucify Jesus and the criminals either side of him (Matthew 27:38, etc)
10. Three days and three nights* is the period that Jesus was in the tomb as prophesied (Matthew 12:40, 25:81, 27:40, 63, etc)
(Also, three witnesses are mentioned by Jesus in connection with meeting in his name (Matthew 18:18, 20)

*The expression does not mean 72 hours but a whole day and night plus parts of the others before and after