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Matthew 20:24 δέκα ten

When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers.

Here: The ten other disciples. Using the number sets two against ten and shows the Twelve splitting into factions over rank.

Matthew 25:1 δέκα to ten

“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

Here: A round, complete number for a group of attendants. It splits evenly into the five and five of verse 2.

Matthew 25:28 δέκα ten

Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents.

Mark 10:41 δέκα ten

When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and John.

Luke 13:4 δεκαοκτὼ eighteen

Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem?

Luke 13:11 δεκαοκτὼ eighteen

and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.

Here: Eighteen years, a long, chronic affliction. The number comes back in verse 16 ('bound for eighteen years') and echoes the eighteen killed by the tower in Siloam just before (13:4).

Luke 13:16 δέκα ten

Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”

Here: The first half of 'eighteen', which Greek often expresses as 'ten and eight'.

Luke 14:31 δέκα ten

Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

Luke 15:8 δέκα, ten,

Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it?

Luke 17:12 δέκα ten

As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance

Luke 17:17 δέκα ten

“Were not all ten cleansed?” Jesus asked. “Where then are the other nine?

Here: The full number of the group that met him at the village. It is set against the one who returned and the nine who did not.

Luke 19:13 δέκα δέκα ten

Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Conduct business with this until I return,’ he said.

Here: Ten slaves. It is a round number, and only three of them are later called to account (vv.16–20).

Luke 19:16 δέκα ten

The first servant came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has produced ten more minas.’

Luke 19:17 δέκα ten

His master replied, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.’

Here: Matches the ten minas he produced (v.16). The reward is in exact proportion to the result: ten minas, ten cities.

Luke 19:24 δέκα ten

Then he told those standing by, ‘Take the mina from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’

Luke 19:25 δέκα ten

‘Master,’ they said, ‘he already has ten!’

Acts 25:6 δέκα, ten,

After spending no more than eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered that Paul be brought in.

Revelation 2:10 δέκα. ten.

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Here: Ten: a short, fixed and limited period. It probably echoes the ten-day test of Daniel and his friends (Daniel 1:12–15).

Revelation 12:3 δέκα, ten,

Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.

Here: Taken straight from Daniel 7, where 'the ten horns are ten kings'. Ten suggests a full number of rulers allied with the monster.

Revelation 13:1 δέκα δέκα ten

Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.

Here: Taken from the ten horns of Daniel's fourth beast (Dan 7:7, 24). In this kind of vision ten suggests a full set of rulers.

Revelation 17:3 δέκα. ten.

And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.

Here: Ten: taken directly from Daniel's fourth beast, which had ten horns (Dan 7:7, 24).

Revelation 17:7 δέκα ten

“Why are you so amazed?” said the angel. “I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and ten horns.

Here: Ten: taken straight from Daniel's fourth beast (Daniel 7:7, 24). Interpreted in 17:12 as ten kings.

Revelation 17:12 δέκα δέκα ten

The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive one hour of authority as kings along with the beast.

Here: Ten, the number of Daniel's horns (Dan 7:7, 24). In apocalyptic writing ten often stands for a full, rounded set as well as a count.

Revelation 17:16 δέκα ten

And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.

Here: Ten is taken from Daniel 7:7, 24, where ten horns are ten kings. The number stands for a full set of allied rulers, not necessarily a count to be checked.