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The number twelve
1. The number twelve
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2. Matthew 26:20 The number twelve
Matthew 26:20 Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. [kjv]
οψιας δε γενομενης ανεκειτο μετα των δωδεκα μαθητων [gnt]
… efne … haelend … twelf … [wes]
… Abend setzte … Zwölfen. [lu]
The
ancient Greek word
"δώδεκα" ≈ "twelve" from the Greek words for "
two" and "
ten". The Latin word
"duadecim" ≈ "twelve". The
modern Greek word
"δώδεκα" (THO-theh-ka) ≈ "twelve".
The Old English word
"twelf" ≈ "twelve" comes from "
two" and "
left". That is, there are two left when ten is taken away. The word for "
left" meant the same thing as "
lacks". The English word
"twelve" is related to the German word
"zwölf" ≈ "twelve".
Why would a joke about 12 eggs be boring?
Because it would make you a "dozen".
3. Dozen
The English word
"dozen" comes from French which comes from the Latin word
"duodecim" ≈ "twelve" which means, literally,
"two ten" or "
two" plus "
ten".
The German word
"dutzend" ≈ "dozen" comes from Latin as does the Russian word
"дюжина" (du-schi-na) ≈ "dozen".
By the time I tell you 12 boring jokes about eggs you will be a
"dozen". Did you know that "
thirteen" "
dozen" like
"twelve"?
Two ways of looking at the same thing:
Six of one or half dozen of the other.
4. Triangular number 12
The Christmas song "
The twelve days of Christmas", in the final verse, has
12 lines, or parts, and
78 gifts. The number
78 is an example of a "
triangular number". The song is sung over and over.
5. Strongs - twelve
6. Tribes of Israel
Remember that there are 13 tribes, a bakers dozen.
Remember: Joseph had two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, and had a double blessing.
[Ten Pin model]
Levi (center)
Judah, Issachar, Zebullun (east)
Ephraim, Manasseh, Benjamin (south)
Reuben, Simeon, Gad (west)
Dan, Asher, Naphtali (north)
Whenever 12 tribes are listed, and one is not Joseph, notice which one is omitted and ask yourself why.
7. Matthew 5:41 Two what
Matthew 5:41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. [kjv]
Verse paraphrase:
And whoever makes you go (as a messenger) with it one mile, go with it two. Two
what? What is
it?
The wife sent her husband to the store with these instructions. Get a half gallon of milk and, if they have eggs, get a half dozen. He came back with six half gallons of milk. Why?
They had eggs! A half dozen what?
Warning:
Your mileage may vary. Most people go the extra mile when they miss their exit. [electric cars, braking]
8. Matthew 26:53
Matthew 26:53 Thinkest thou that I can not now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? [kjv]
η δοκεις οτι ου δυναμαι παρακαλεσαι τον πατερα μου και παραστησει μοι αρτι πλειω δωδεκα λεγιωνας αγγελων [gnt]
This may have been how Matthew remembered the arrest scene after the Last Supper. It is unlikely that he was writing down, in the dark, what was being said.
Thus, we are left with the Greek word for
"twelve" being used two times in one verse by Jesus.
Saying:
(On the one hand) Six of one, (but on the other hand) half dozen of the other.
9. Mark 5:9 Legions
Mark 5:9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. [kjv]
και επηρωτα αυτον τι ονομα σοι και λεγει αυτω λεγιων ονομα μοι οτι πολλοι εσμεν [gnt]
The ancient Greek word
"λεγεών" ≈ "legion" is from the Latin word
"legio" ≈ "(military) legion". The Latin word
"legion" was a name for a unit of soldiers, which could vary but had about
5,000 soldiers in it, more or less, usually less over time, as has happened though out history.
10. Matthew 26:53
KJV: Thinkest thou that I can not now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
Greek: η δοκεις οτι ου δυναμαι αρτι παρακαλεσαι τον πατερα μου και παραστησει μοι πλειους η αρτι πλειω δωδεκα λεγεωνας λεγιωνας αγγελων
11. The number twelve
12. Matthew 7:17 But a tree
13. Play on words
14. Matthew 26:53
Matthew 26:53 Thinkest thou that I can not now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? [kjv]
η δοκεις οτι ου δυναμαι παρακαλεσαι τον πατερα μου και παραστησει μοι αρτι πλειω δωδεκα λεγιωνας αγγελων [gnt]
What might Jesus mean by "
yet" "
more (than)" "
twelve"
"legions" (of)
"angels"?
If the
"legions" are "
cooperative" might they be "
co-legions"? Might we say they are "
collegial"?
The English word
"collegial" comes, through French, from
"collegialis" ≈ "collegial" which comes from the Latin word
"collegium" ≈ "colleagues" and is a doublet of the English word
"college". Note that the Latin "
c" was a "
k" sound as is the "
c" in "
college" and "
collegial" today.
15. Mark 5:9 Legions
Mark 5:9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. [kjv]
και επηρωτα αυτον τι ονομα σοι και λεγει αυτω λεγιων ονομα μοι οτι πολλοι εσμεν [gnt]
The ancient Greek word
"λεγεών" ≈ "legion" is from the Latin word
"legio" ≈ "(military) legion". The Latin word
"legion" was a name for a unit of soldiers, which could vary but had about
5,000 soldiers in it, more or less, usually less over time, as has happened though out history.
16. Matthew 26:53
17. Matthew 26:53
18. Matthew 26:53 Laughing
Matthew 26:53 Thinkest thou that I can not now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? [kjv]
η δοκεις οτι ου δυναμαι παρακαλεσαι τον πατερα μου και παραστησει μοι αρτι πλειω δωδεκα λεγιωνας αγγελων [gnt]
The ancient Greek word
"γέλωτα" ≈ "laugh" (accusative singular) and comes from
"γέλως" ≈ "laughter" (
noun) and is related to
"γελάω" ≈ "laugh" (
verb).
"γελῶν" ≈ "laughing" (masculine/neuter singular active infinitive participle, contracted).
19. Matthew 16:27
Matthew 16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. [kjv]
μελλει γαρ ο υιος του ανθρωπου ερχεσθαι εν τη δοξη του πατρος αυτου μετα των αγγελων αυτου και τοτε αποδωσει εκαστω κατα την πραξιν αυτου [gnt]
20. Matthew 16:27
KJV: For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
Greek: μελλει γαρ ο υιος του ανθρωπου ερχεσθαι εν τη δοξη του πατρος αυτου μετα των αγγελων αυτου και τοτε αποδωσει εκαστω κατα την πραξιν αυτου
21. Matthew 19:28 Play on words
Matthew 19:28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. [kjv]
ο δε ιησους ειπεν αυτοις αμην λεγω υμιν οτι υμεις οι ακολουθησαντες μοι εν τη παλιγγενεσια οταν καθιση ο υιος του ανθρωπου επι θρονου δοξης αυτου καθησεσθε και υμεις επι δωδεκα θρονους κρινοντες τας δωδεκα φυλας του ισραηλ [gnt]
"δώδεκα" ≈ "twelve" and "θρόνους" ≈ "throne" (accusative) and "θρόνος" ≈ "throne".
"τόδε" ≈ "hither, therefore" and "τότε" ≈ "at that time" and "τοτέ" ≈ "at times, now and then".
"κᾰθᾰρῷ" ≈ "clean, clear, pure" (dative) from "καθαρός" ≈ "clean, clear, pure".
"νοῦς" ≈ "mind"
22. Matthew 19:28 Play on words
Matthew 19:28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. [kjv]
ο δε ιησους ειπεν αυτοις αμην λεγω υμιν οτι υμεις οι ακολουθησαντες μοι εν τη παλιγγενεσια οταν καθιση ο υιος του ανθρωπου επι θρονου δοξης αυτου καθησεσθε και υμεις επι δωδεκα θρονους κρινοντες τας δωδεκα φυλας του ισραηλ [gnt]
Greek:
... on twelve thrones ...
Play:
... on therefore clean mind ...
23. Matthew 19:28 Play on words
Matthew 19:28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. [kjv]
ο δε ιησους ειπεν αυτοις αμην λεγω υμιν οτι υμεις οι ακολουθησαντες μοι εν τη παλιγγενεσια οταν καθιση ο υιος του ανθρωπου επι θρονου δοξης αυτου καθησεσθε και υμεις επι δωδεκα θρονους κρινοντες τας δωδεκα φυλας του ισραηλ [gnt]
"δώδεκα" ≈ "twelve" and "φυλὰς" ≈ "tribes, clans" (feminine accusative plural) from "φυλή" ≈ "tribe, clan"
"τόδε" ≈ "hither, therefore" and "τότε" ≈ "at that time" and "τοτέ" ≈ "at times, now and then".
"κᾰπῠρᾱ́ς" ≈ "dried (by the air), drying, brittle" (feminine accusative plural) from "καπυρός" ≈ "dried (by the air), drying, brittle".
24. Matthew 19:28
Matthew 19:28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. [kjv]
ο δε ιησους ειπεν αυτοις αμην λεγω υμιν οτι υμεις οι ακολουθησαντες μοι εν τη παλιγγενεσια οταν καθιση ο υιος του ανθρωπου επι θρονου δοξης αυτου καθησεσθε και υμεις επι δωδεκα θρονους κρινοντες τας δωδεκα φυλας του ισραηλ [gnt]
Greek:
...separating the twelve tribes of Israel.
Play:
... separating the therefore air-dried/brittle of Israel...
25. Matthew 19:28
Matthew 19:28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. [kjv]
Greek:
... on twelve thrones separating the twelve tribes of Israel.
Play:
... on therefore clean mind separating the therefore air-dried/brittle of Israel...
Would the disciples then, with "
clean" "
minds", be "
separated" from the "
air-dried/brittle" (minds) of Israel? Might what is being done "
against the law" (of God)?
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