BSN: SEVENS AND TWELVES

This is a selective, not exhaustive, list.

  • 1 Kings 4:7 – King Solomon appointed twelve deputies over all Israel, each one providing for a month in the year.
  • Mk 3:14 – Jesus appointed twelve men as His apostles. They were called simply “the twelve” in Jn 6:70 and multiple other places.
  • Mk 8:19-20 – Jesus disciples picked up twelve baskets full of broken pieces after He fed the 5,000, and seven baskets full of broken pieces after He fed the 4,000.
  • In John 11:9, Jesus asked “Are there not twelve hours in the day?”
  • In Acts 6, seven men were chosen to oversee the daily serving of food. They were called simply “the seven” in Acts 21:8.
  • The apostle Paul wrote 14 letters (that is, seven doubled).
  • The apostle Paul wrote his letters to seven different churches. (Paul’s other letters were to Timothy (2), Titus, Philemon, and the Hebrews.)
    • Rome
    • Corinth (2)
    • Galatia (a region)
    • Ephesus
    • Philippi
    • Colossae
    • Thessalonica (2)
  • There are seven general letters in the New Testament – the letters that come between Paul’s letters and John’s book of Revelation.
    • James
    • 1 Peter
    • 2 Peter
    • 1 John
    • 2 John
    • 3 John
    • Jude
  • The book of Revelation is a circular letter the apostle John sent to seven churches in Asia (modern-day Turkey).
    • Ephesus
    • Smyrna
    • Pergamum
    • Thyatira
    • Sardis
    • Philadelphia
    • Laodicea

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