Numeral adjective tessares (four) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV)


Matthew

24: 31And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four (tessares) winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Mark

2: 3Then some people came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four (tessares) of them.
13: 27Then he will send out the angels, and gather his elect from the four (tessares) winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

Luke

2: 37then as a widow to the age of eighty-four (tessares). She never left the temple but worshiped there with fasting and prayer night and day.

John

11: 17When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four (tessares) days.
19: 23When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four (tessares) parts, one for each soldier. They also took his tunic; now the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from the top.

Acts

10: 11He saw the heaven opened and something like a large sheet coming down, being lowered to the ground by its four (tessares) corners.
11: 5"I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. There was something like a large sheet coming down from heaven, being lowered by its four (tessares) corners; and it came close to me.
12: 4When he had seized him, he put him in prison and handed him over to four (tessares) squads of soldiers to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
21: 9He had four (tessares) unmarried daughters who had the gift of prophecy.
21: 23So do what we tell you. We have four (tessares) men who are under a vow.
27: 29Fearing that we might run on the rocks, they let down four (tessares) anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.