678. "Two or Three"

Listen from:
Matthew 18:20. Where two or three are gathered together in my name.
This is a common Oriental form of speech to express an indefinite number. There are other instances of it in the Bible. See 1 Kings 17:12; Isaiah 7:21; 17:6; Jeremiah 3:14; Hosea 6:2. Some commentators, however, suppose the passage in Hosea to refer to the resurrection of Christ; but it is by no means certain.