Thematic Bible: Periods and numbers
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » Seven days
When we located the disciples [there] we stayed [with them] for seven days. They advised Paul, through [inspired revelations from] the Holy Spirit, not [even] to set foot in Jerusalem.
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And we [ourselves] sailed away from Philippi after the Festival of Unleavened Bread [Note: This was the Jewish feast commemorating deliverance from Egyptian bondage], and five days later [we] joined them at Troas [i.e., the seven men mentioned in verses
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where we found [some Christian] brothers. They urged us to stay with them for seven days. So, [that is how] we finally got to Rome.
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » Forty years
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Seven years
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Moses on the mount fasting
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Moses in prayer for israel
Periods and numbers » Seven, the number of perfection seventy » Years of captivity
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Goliath's defiance lasted
Periods and numbers » Seven, the number of perfection seventy » Seventy elders appointed
Periods and numbers » Seven, the number of perfection seventy » Times of forgiveness
Jesus replied, "I tell you, not [just] up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven [i.e., a large indefinite number of times].
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » Spies in the land of canaan
Periods and numbers » Forty days » The embalming of jacob occupied
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Elijah's meal lasted
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Flood lasted
Periods and numbers » Seven, the number of perfection seventy » Weeks referred to by daniel
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Noah sends forth a raven at end of
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Ezekiel's typical period
Periods and numbers » Seven, the number of perfection seventy » Disciples sent forth
Now after these things [happened] the Lord appointed seventy-two other disciples [Note: Some ancient manuscripts say "seventy." This group would have been in addition to the twelve. See Luke 9:1], and sent them two by two on ahead of Him into every town and locality that He planned to visit.
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » Jonah's warning concerning the destruction of nineveh
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Christ's appearance after the resurrection
Now, following His death on the cross [and resurrection], Jesus appeared alive [to His apostles] for forty days, and demonstrated by many convincing proofs [that He had been raised bodily from the dead]. [During that time] He also spoke to them about the [coming] kingdom of God.
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Periods and numbers » Forty days » Christ's temptation
During the forty days He was being put to the test by the devil, He did not eat anything; then after it was over He was [very] hungry.
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