There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west.

For just as Jonah was three days in the sea-monster's belly, so will the Son of Man be three days in the heart of the earth.

For from this time there will be in one house five persons split into parties. Three will form a party against two and two will form a party against three;

Three times I have been beaten with Roman rods, once I have been stoned, three times I have been shipwrecked, once for full four and twenty hours I was floating on the open sea.