'Two' in the Bible

Then Herod, finding that the Magi had trifled with him, was furious, and sent and massacred all the boys under two years of age, in Bethlehem and all its neighbourhood, according to the date he had so carefully ascertained from the Magi.

And walking along the shore of the Lake of Galilee He saw two brothers--Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew--throwing a drag-net into the Lake; for they were fishers.

He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zabdi and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zabdi mending their nets; and He called them.

And whoever shall compel you to convey his goods one mile, go with him two.

"No man can be the bondservant of two masters; for either he will dislike one and like the other, or he will attach himself to one and think slightingly of the other. You cannot be the bondservants both of God and of gold.

On His arrival at the other side, in the country of the Gadarenes, there met Him two men possessed by demons, coming from among the tombs: they were so dangerously fierce that no one was able to pass that way.

As Jesus passed on, two blind men followed Him, shouting and saying, "Pity us, Son of David."

Do not two sparrows sell for a halfpenny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's leave.

and He told all the people to sit down on the grass. Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and after looking up to heaven and blessing them, He broke up the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples distributed them to the people.

If your hand or your foot is causing you to fall into sin, cut it off and away with it. It is better for you to enter into Life crippled in hand or foot than to remain in possession of two sound hands or feet but be thrown into the fire of the Ages.

And if your eye is causing you to fall into sin, tear it out and away with it; it is better for you to enter into Life with only one eye, than to remain in possession of two eyes but be thrown into the Gehenna of fire.

But if he will not listen to you, go again, and ask one or two to go with you, that every word spoken may be attested by two or three witnesses.

I also solemnly tell you that if two of you here on earth agree together concerning anything whatever that they shall ask, the boon will come to them from my Father who is in Heaven.

For where there are two or three assembled in my name, there am I in the midst of them."

and said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall be one'?

Thus they are no longer two, but 'one'! What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."

"What is it you desire?" He asked. "Command," she replied, "that these my two sons may sit one at your right hand and one at your left in your Kingdom."

The other ten heard of this, and their indignation was aroused against the two brothers.

two blind men sitting by the roadside heard that it was Jesus who was passing by, and cried aloud, "Sir, Son of David, pity us."

When they were come near Jerusalem and had arrived at Bethphage and the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of the disciples on in front,

"But give me your judgement. There was a man who had two sons. He came to the elder of them, and said, "'My son, go and work in the vineyard to-day.'

Which of the two did as his father desired?" "The first," they said. "I solemnly tell you,' replied Jesus, "that the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners are entering the Kingdom of God in front of you.

The whole of the Law and the Prophets is summed up in these two Commandments."

Then will two men be in the open country: one will be taken away, and one left behind.

Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken away, and one left behind.

To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one--to each according to his individual capacity; and then started from home.

In the same way he who had the two gained two more.

"The second, who had received the two talents, came and said, "'Sir, it was two talents you entrusted to me: see, I have gained two more.'

"You know that in two days' time the Passover comes. And the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified."

And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zabdi. Then He began to be full of anguish and distress,

but they could find none, although many false witnesses came forward. At length there came two

So when the Governor a second time asked them, "Which of the two shall I release to you?" --they cried, "Barabbas!"

At the same time two robbers were crucified with Him, one at His right hand and the other at His left.

Immediately the curtain of the Sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom: the earth quaked; the rocks split;

"Sir," they said, "we recollect that during his lifetime that impostor pretended that after two days he was to rise to life again.

James the son of Zabdi and John the brother of James (these two He surnamed Boanerges, that is 'Sons of Thunder')

"Give them food yourselves," He replied. "Are we," they asked, "to go and buy two hundred shillings' worth of bread and give them food?"

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and lifting His eyes to Heaven He blessed the food. Then He broke the loaves into portions which He went on handing to the disciples to distribute; giving pieces also of the two fish to them all.

And now for the first time He told them, "The Son of Man must endure much suffering, and be rejected by the Elders and the High Priests and the Scribes, and be put to death, and after two days rise to life."

Moreover there appeared to them Elijah accompanied by Moses; and the two were conversing with Jesus,

Or if your eye should cause you to sin, tear it out. It would be better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God half-blind than remain in possession of two eyes and be thrown into Gehenna,

and the two shall be one'; so that they are two no longer, but 'one.'

When they were getting near Jerusalem and had arrived at Bethphage and Bethany, on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples on in front, with these instructions.

But there came one poor widow and dropped in two farthings, equal in value to a halfpenny.

It was now two days before the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread, and the High Priests and Scribes were bent on finding how to seize Him by stratagem and put Him to death.

So He sent two of His disciples with instructions, saying, "Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water: follow him,

And together with Jesus they crucified two robbers, one at His right hand and one at His left.

And the curtain in the Sanctuary was torn in two, from top to bottom.

Afterwards He showed Himself in another form to two of them as they were walking, on their way into the country.

And they also offered a sacrifice as commanded in the Law of the Lord, "a pair of turtle doves or two young pigeons."

"Let the man who has two coats," he answered, "give one to the man who has none; and let the man who has food share it with others."

He, however, saw two fishing-boats drawn up on the beach (for the men had gone away from them and were washing the nets)

so John called two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord. "Are you the Coming One?" he asked, "or is there another that we are to expect?"

"There were once two men in debt to one money-lender," said Jesus; "one owed him five hundred shillings and the other fifty.

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to Heaven He blessed them and broke them into portions which He gave to the disciples to distribute to the people.

And suddenly there were two men conversing with Him, who were Moses and Elijah.

Now Peter and the others were weighed down with sleep; but, keeping themselves awake all through, they saw His glory, and the two men standing with Him.

The next day he took out two shillings and gave them to the innkeeper. "'Take care of him,' he said, 'and whatever further expense you are put to, I will repay it you at my next visit.'

For from this time there will be in one house five persons split into parties. Three will form a party against two and two will form a party against three;

He went on to say, "There was a man who had two sons.

"No servant can be in bondage to two masters. For either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will cling fast to one and scorn the other. You cannot be bondservants both of God and of gold."

On that night, I tell you, there will be two men in one bed: one will be taken away and the other left behind.

There will be two women turning the mill together: one will be taken away and the other left behind."

"Two men went up to the Temple to pray," He said; "one being a Pharisee and the other a tax-gatherer.

And when he was come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount called the Oliveyard, He sent two of the disciples on in front,

He also saw a poor widow dropping in two farthings,

"Master, here are two swords," they exclaimed. "That is enough," He replied.

They brought also two others, criminals, to put them to death with Him.

At this they were in great perplexity, when suddenly there stood by them two men whose raiment flashed like lightning.

On that same day two of the disciples were walking to Emmaus, a village seven or eight miles from Jerusalem,

Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples,

The two disciples heard his exclamation, and they followed Jesus.

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

Two days later there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there,

When however the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him on all sides to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.

After the two days He departed, and went into Galilee;

"Even if I am giving testimony about myself," replied Jesus, "my testimony is true; for I know where I came from and where I am going, but you know neither of these two things.

In your own Law, too, it is written that the testimony of two men is true.

When, however, He heard that Lazarus was ill, He still remained two days in that same place.

Bethany was near Jerusalem, the distance being a little less than two miles;

where they nailed Him to a cross, and two others at the same time, one on each side and Jesus in the middle.

and saw two angels clothed in white raiment, sitting one at the head and one at the feet where the body of Jesus had been.

Simon Peter was with Thomas, called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zabdi, and two others of the Master's disciples.

But, while they stood intently gazing into the sky as He went, suddenly there were two men in white garments standing by them,

So two names were proposed, Joseph called Bar-sabbas--and surnamed Justus--and Matthias.

And the brethren prayed, saying, "Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all, show clearly which of these two Thou hast chosen

They arrested the two Apostles and lodged them in custody till the next day; for it was already evening.

After their release the two Apostles went to their friends, and told them all that the High Priests and Elders had said.

"How was it," replied Peter, "that you two agreed to try an experiment upon the Spirit of the Lord? The men who have buried your husband are already at the door, and they will carry you out."

The next day, also, he came and found two of them fighting, and he endeavoured to make peace between them. "'Sirs,' he said, 'you are brothers. Why are you wronging one another?'

"Alarmed at this question, Moses fled from the country and went to live in the land of Midian. There he became the father of two sons.

And for two days he remained without sight, and did not eat or drink anything.

So Ananias went and entered the house; and, laying his two hands upon Saul, said, "Saul, brother, the Lord--even Jesus who appeared to you on your journey--has sent me, that you may recover your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

Lud, however, being near Jaffa, the disciples, who had heard that Peter was at Lud, sent two men to him with an urgent request that he would come across to them without delay.

So when the angel who had been speaking to him was gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a God-fearing soldier who was in constant attendance on him,

Now when Herod was on the point of taking him out of prison, that very night Peter was asleep between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards were on duty outside the door.

This went on for two years, so that all the inhabitants of the province of Asia, Jews as well as Greeks, heard the Lord's Message.

And the man in whom the evil spirit was sprang on two of them, over-mastered them both, and treated them with such violence, that they fled from the house stripped of their clothes and wounded.

But he sent two of his assistants, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he himself remained for a while in Roman Asia.

The riot and uproar spread through the whole city, till at last with one accord they rushed into the Theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, two Macedonians who were fellow travellers with Paul.