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The number “dekapente”

Limited to Jn. 11:18; Acts 27:28; Gal. 1:18, “dekapente” meant “fifteen” or “ten and five.”  In the New Testament, this number is applied to distance (Jn. 11:18; Acts 27:28) and time (Gal. 1:18).