'Two' in the Bible

As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples on ahead.

Then he saw a destitute widow drop in two small copper coins.

So they said, "Lord, look! Here are two swords." He answered them, "Enough of that!"

Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus.

because the sun had stopped shining, and the curtain in the sanctuary was torn in two.

While they were puzzling over this, two men in dazzling robes suddenly stood beside them.

On the same day, two of Jesus' followers were walking to a village called Emmaus, about 60 stadia from Jerusalem.

As they came near the village where the two men were headed, Jesus acted as though he were going farther.

Then the two men began to tell what had happened on the road and how they had recognized him when he broke the bread in pieces.

The next day, John was standing there again with two of his disciples.

When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.

Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard John and followed Jesus.

Now standing there were six stone water jars used for the Jewish rites of purification, each one holding from two to three measures.

So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there for two days.

Two days later, Jesus left for Galilee from there,

Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread isn't enough for each of them to have a little."

"There's a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fish. But what are these among so many people?"

In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two people is valid.

Yet, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed where he was for two more days.

There they crucified him, along with two others, one on each side of him with Jesus in the middle.

The two of them were running together, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and came to the tomb first.

She saw two angels in white clothes who were sitting down, one at the head and the other at the foot of the place where Jesus' body had been lying.

Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathaniel from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two of his other disciples were together.

While he was going and they were gazing up toward heaven, two men in white robes stood right beside them.

So they nominated two men Joseph called Barsabbas, who also was called Justus, and Matthias.

Then they prayed, "Lord, you know the hearts of all people. Show us which one of these two men you have chosen

Because of this, Moses fled and lived as a foreigner in the land of Midian. There he had two sons.

Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples heard that Peter was there and sent two men to him and begged him, "Come here quickly!"

When the angel who had spoken to him had gone, Cornelius summoned two of his household servants and a devout soldier, one of those who served him regularly.

That very night, before Herod was going to bring him out, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, and guards in front of the door were watching the prisoners.

This went on for two years, so that all who lived in Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.

Then he sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he himself stayed in Asia a while longer.

But when they found out that he was a Jew, they all started to shout in unison for about two hours, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

Then the tribune came up, grabbed Paul, and ordered him to be tied up with two chains. He then asked who Paul was and what he had done.

Then he summoned two centurions and ordered, "Get 200 soldiers ready to leave for Caesarea at nine o'clock tonight, along with 70 mounted soldiers and 200 soldiers with spears.

After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. Since Felix wanted to do the Jews a favor, he left Paul in prison.

For two whole years Paul lived in his own rented place and welcomed everyone who came to him.

You know that the person who unites himself with a prostitute becomes one body with her, don't you? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."

If anyone speaks in a foreign language, only two or three at the most should do so, one at a time, and somebody must interpret.

Two or three prophets should speak, and others should weigh carefully what is said.

This will be the third time I am coming to you. "Every accusation must be verified by two or three witnesses."

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and the other by a free woman.

This is being said as an allegory, for these women represent two covenants. The one woman, Hagar, is from Mount Sinai, and her children are born into slavery.

He rendered the Law inoperative, along with its commandments and regulations, thus creating in himself one new humanity from the two, thereby making peace,

"That is why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

Indeed, I cannot decide between the two. I have the desire to leave this life and be with the Messiah, for that is far better.

Do not accept an accusation against an elder unless it is supported "by two or three witnesses."

But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those two men, their stupidity will be plain to everyone.

so that by these two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to prove false, we who have taken refuge in him might be encouraged to seize the hope set before us.

Anyone who violates the Law of Moses dies without mercy "on the testimony of two or three witnesses."

Dear friends, this is now the second of two letters I am writing to you, in which I have been trying to stimulate your pure minds by reminding you

The first catastrophe is over. After these things, there are still two more catastrophes to come.

I will give my two witnesses who wear sackcloth the authority to prophesy for 1,260 days."

These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lamp stands standing in the presence of the Lord of the earth.

Those living on earth will gloat over them, celebrate, and send gifts to each other, because these two prophets had tormented those living on earth.

However, the woman was given the two wings of a large eagle so that she could fly away from the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she could be taken care of for a time, times, and half a time.

I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it talked like a dragon.