Truly I say to you, There were a number of widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months and there was no food in the land;

And he said to the gardener, See, for three years I have been looking for fruit from this tree, and I have not had any: let it be cut down; why is it taking up space?

So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.

Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Cephas, and was there with him fifteen days.

Elijah was a man of flesh and blood as we are, and he made a strong prayer that there might be no rain; and there was no rain on the earth for three years and six months.