'Number' in the Bible

And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people.

Now a great number of people went with him.

And hearing the sound of a great number of people going by, he said, What is this?

And he said, Take care that you are not tricked: for a number of people will come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is near: do not go after them.

There will be great earth-shocks and outbursts of disease in a number of places, and men will be without food; and there will be wonders and great signs from heaven.

And they said a number of other evil things against him.

And he put a great number of questions to him, but he said nothing.

Now while he was in Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover, a great number of people came to have faith in his name, after seeing the signs which he did.

Now a number of the people of that town had faith in him because of the woman's witness: He has been talking to me of everything I ever did.

And a great number more of them came to have faith in him because of what he himself said.

In these doorways there were a great number of people with different diseases: some unable to see, some without the power of walking, some with wasted bodies.

Now he who had been made well had no knowledge who it was, Jesus having gone away because of the number of people who were in that place.

And a great number of people went after him because they saw the signs which he did on those who were ill.

Lifting up his eyes, Jesus saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said to Philip, Where may we get bread for all these people?

There is a boy here with five barley cakes and two fishes: but what is that among such a number?

Then, hearing this, a number of his disciples said, This is a hard saying; who is able to take in such teaching?

Because of what he said, a number of the disciples went back and would no longer go with him.

When he said this a number came to have faith in him.

And a number of them said, He has an evil spirit and is out of his mind; why do you give ear to him?

Jesus said to them in answer, I have let you see a number of good works from the Father; for which of those works are you stoning me?

And a great number of people came to him, saying, John did no sign: but everything John said of this man was true.

And a number came to have faith in him there.

And a number of Jews had come to Martha and Mary to give them comfort about their brother.

Then a number of the Jews who had come to Mary and had seen the things which Jesus did had belief in him.

Then the high priests and the Pharisees had a meeting and said, What are we doing? This man is doing a number of signs.

Then a great number of the Jews had news that he was there: and they came, not only because of Jesus, but so that they might see Lazarus who had been dead and to whom he had given life.

For because of him a great number of the Jews went away and had belief in Jesus.

The day after, a great number of people who were there for the feast, when they had the news that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

Hearing the sound, a number of people who were there said that it was thunder: others said, An angel was talking to him.

But though he had done such a number of signs before them, they still had no belief in him:

However, a number even of the rulers had belief in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not say so openly for fear that they might be shut out from the Synagogue:

The writing was seen by a number of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was put to death on the cross was near the town; and the writing was in Hebrew and Latin and Greek.

A number of other signs Jesus did before his disciples which are not recorded in this book:

And he said to them, Let down the net on the right side of the boat and you will get some. So they put it in the water and now they were not able to get it up again because of the great number of fish.

So Peter went to the boat and came back pulling the net to land, full of great fish, a hundred and fifty-three; and though there was such a number the net was not broken.

And Jesus did such a number of other things that, if every one was recorded, it is my opinion that even the world itself is not great enough for the books there would be.

Giving praise to God, and having the approval of all the people; and every day the number of those who had salvation was increased by the Lord.

But a number of those who gave hearing to the word had faith; and they were now about five thousand.

Now a number of signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the Apostles; and they were all together in Solomon's covered way.

And a great number of men and women had faith, and were joined to the Lord;

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was increasing, protests were made by the Greek Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were not taken care of in the distribution of food every day.

And the word of God was increasing in power; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem became very great, and a great number of priests were in agreement with the faith.

For unclean spirits came out from those who had them, crying with a loud voice; and a number of those who were ill and broken in body were made well.

But when they had faith in the good news given by Philip about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, a number of men and women had baptism.

So they, having given their witness and made clear the word of the Lord, went back to Jerusalem, giving the good news on their way in a number of the small towns of Samaria.

But Ananias said, Lord, I have had accounts of this man from a number of people, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem:

And news of it went all through Joppa, and a number of people had faith in the Lord.

And saying these words, he went in, and saw that a great number of people had come together;

And the power of the Lord was with them, and a great number had faith and were turned to the Lord.

For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a great number were joined to the Lord.

And when he became clear about this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John named Mark, where a number of them had come together for prayer.

And for a number of days he was seen by those who came with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses before the people.

Now when the meeting was ended, a number of the Jews and of the God-fearing Gentiles who had become Jews, went after Paul and Barnabas: who put before them how important it was to keep on in the grace of God.

But when the Jews saw such a great number of people, they were full of envy and said evil words against Paul's preaching.

Now in Iconium they went together to the Synagogue of the Jews and gave such teaching that a great number of Jews and Greeks had faith.

And having made a number of disciples through the preaching of the good news in that town, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch,

But Paul and Barnabas kept on in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of God, with a number of others.

So the churches were made strong in the faith and were increased in number every day.

And this she did on a number of days. But Paul was greatly troubled and, turning, said to the spirit, I give you orders in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And it came out that very hour.

And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:

And some of them had faith, and were joined to Paul and Silas; and a number of the God-fearing Greeks, and some of the chief women.

But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people.

And a number of them had faith, and no small number of the Greek women of high position and of the men.

And Crispus, the ruler of the Synagogue, with all his family, had faith in the Lord; and a great number of the people of Corinth, hearing the word, had faith and were given baptism.

For I am with you, and no one will make an attack on you to do you damage: for I have a number of people in this town.

And a number of those who had faith came and made a public statement of their sins and all their acts.

And a great number of those who were experts in strange arts took their books and put them on the fire in front of everyone: and when the books were valued they came to fifty thousand bits of silver.

And there were a number of lights in the room where we had come together.

Then when the ruler had given him a sign to make his answer, Paul said, Because I have knowledge that you have been a judge over this nation for a number of years, I am glad to make my answer:

Now after a number of years I came to give help and offerings to my nation:

And having been made clean, I was in the Temple, but not with a great number of people, and not with noise: but there were certain Jews from Asia,

For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

And as the harbour was not a good one in which to be for the winter, the greater number of them were for going out to sea, in order, if possible, to put in for the winter at Phoenix, a harbour of Crete, looking to the north-east and south-east.

(As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations) before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were.

Who without reason for hope, in faith went on hoping, so that he became the father of a number of nations, as it had been said, So will your seed be.

And the free giving has not the same effect as the sin of one: for the effect of one man's sin was punishment by the decision of God, but the free giving had power to give righteousness to wrongdoers in great number.

And Isaiah says about Israel, Even if the number of the children of Israel is as the sand of the sea, only a small part will get salvation:

For, as we have a number of parts in one body, but all the parts have not the same use,

So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another;

But now, having no longer any place in these parts and having had for a number of years a great desire to come to you,

That you will take her in kindly, after the way of the saints, as one who is the Lord's, and give her help in anything in which she may have need of you: because she has been a help to a great number and to myself.

For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:

For though there are those who have the name of gods, in heaven or on earth, as there are a number of gods and a number of lords,

Because we, being a number of persons, are one bread, we are one body: for we all take part in the one bread.

For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead.

For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ.

For the body is not one part, but a number of parts.

There are, it may be, a number of different voices in the world, and no voice is without sense.

For a great and important door there is open to me, and there are a number of people against me.

You at the same time helping together by your prayer for us; so that for what has been given to us through a number of persons, praise may go up to God for us from all of them.

For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.

For we go through all things on account of you, because the greater the number to whom the grace is given, the greater is the praise to the glory of God.

And we have sent with them our brother, whose ready spirit has been made clear to us at times and in ways without number, but it is now all the more so because of the certain faith which he has in you.

For I have before made clear to those of Macedonia my pride in your ready mind, saying to them that Achaia has been ready for a year back; and a great number have been moved to do the same by your example.

But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them.

And I went farther in the Jews' religion than a number of my generation among my countrymen, having a more burning interest in the beliefs handed down from my fathers.

Did you undergo such a number of things to no purpose? if it is in fact to no purpose.

Now to Abraham were the undertakings given, and to his seed. He says not, And to seeds, as of a great number; but as of one, he says, And to your seed, which is Christ.

But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.

And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.