on the east were three gates, and on the north three gates, and on the south three gates, and on the west three gates;

For, as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

For from this time forth five in one house will be divided, three against two, and two against three;

because there are Three Who bear witness; the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the Three agree in one.