Numbers
Numbers [1]
Four. —The number 4 (τέσσαρες, τεταρταῖος, τέταρτος, τετράμηνος, τετραπλόος) is found in the Gospels in the following passages: in the 4 months before harvest ( John 4:35), the 4 bearers of the paralytic ( Mark 2:3), the 4th watch ( Matthew 14:25, Mark 6:48), the fourfold restitution promised by Zacchaeus ( Luke 19:8), the 4 days of Lazarus in the grave ( John 11:17; John 11:39), the division of the garments of Jesus among the 4 soldiers ( John 19:23), the 4 winds ( Matthew 24:31, Mark 13:27), and the 4 kinds of soil in the parable of the Sower, with the types of character which they represent ( Matthew 13:4 ff. and parallels). We may add the 4 Gospels, the number of which was early regarded as significant. The four last references constitute a group. The 4 winds, associated with the 4 points of the compass, are met with in the Ot and elsewhere in Oriental literature and symbolism: 1 Chronicles 9:24 (Revised Version margin), Jeremiah 49:36, Ezekiel 37:9;
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Bibliography Information Hastings, James. Entry for 'Numbers (2)'. Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdn/n/numbers-2.html. 1906-1918.
