Last words.

Abstract

We have all learned that numbers have a certain symbolic value, both in Pythagoras and in the Bible. Specifically, the number 40 has a special presence in the Bible: it appears more than one hundred times and, in a way, expresses the limits of a period of time in which an important task is carried out. Thus, Jesus Christ spent 40 days in the desert and 40 days after the resurrection, and in the Old Testament the flood lasted 40 days and Israel wandered for 40 years before reaching the promised land.