But I tell you in truth, that there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land;

Then said he to the vinedresser, Lo! three years I have come seeking fruit on this figtree, and have found none; cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?

Therefore be watchful, and remember that for the space of three years, night and day, I ceased not to warn every one with tears.

Then, after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and stayed with him fifteen days;

Elijah was a man of like nature with us, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months;

on the east, 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 will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Then said the Jews, Fortysix years was this temple in building; and wilt thou raise it up in three days?

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