'Three' in the Bible

for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

And Jesus called unto him his disciples, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat: and I would not send them away fasting, lest haply they faint on the way.

And Peter answered, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, I will make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two more, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established.

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

and said, This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself: if thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross.

saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive, After three days I rise again.

I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat:

And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

And Peter answereth and saith to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered up into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he shall rise again.

and they shall mock him, and shall spit upon him, and shall scourge him, and shall kill him; and after three days he shall rise again.

For this ointment might have been sold for above three hundred shillings, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.

And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,

And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned unto her house.

And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and asking them questions:

But of a truth I say unto you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land;

And it came to pass, as they were parting from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah: not knowing what he said.

Which of these three, thinkest thou, proved neighbor unto him that fell among the robbers?

And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves;

for there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

And he said unto the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber the ground?

It is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

Now there were six waterpots of stone set there after the Jews manner of purifying, containing two or three firkins apiece.

Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

The Jews therefore said, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days?

Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred shillings, and given to the poor?

Simon Peter therefore went up, and drew the net to land, full of great fishes, a hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, the net was not rent.

They then that received his word were baptized: and there were added unto them in that day about three thousand souls.

And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.

At which season Moses was born, and was exceeding fair; and he was nourished three months in his father's house.

And he was three days without sight, and did neither eat nor drink.

And while Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.

And behold, forthwith three men stood before the house in which we were, having been sent from Caesarea unto me.

and Paul, as his custom was, went in unto them, and for three sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

And he entered into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, reasoning and persuading as to the things concerning the kingdom of God.

And when he had spent three months there, and a plot was laid against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.

Wherefore watch ye, remembering that by the space of three years I ceased not to admonish every one night and day with tears.

Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us, and entertained us three days courteously.

And after three months we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, whose sign was The Twin Brothers.

And touching at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.

And from thence the brethren, when they heard of us, came to meet us as far as The Market of Appius and The Three Taverns; whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.

And it came to pass, that after three days he called together those that were the chief of the Jews: and when they were come together, he said unto them, I, brethren, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, yet was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans:

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

If any man speaketh in a tongue, let it be by two, or at the most three, and that in turn; and let one interpret:

And let the prophets speak by two or three, and let the others discern.

This is the third time I am coming to you. At the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every word established.

Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, and tarried with him fifteen days.

Against an elder receive not an accusation, except at the mouth of two or three witnesses.

A man that hath set at nought Moses law dieth without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses:

By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw he was a goodly child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.

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

For there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one.

And I heard as it were a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, A measure of wheat for a shilling, and three measures of barley for a shilling; and the oil and the wine hurt thou not.

And I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a great voice, Woe, woe, woe, for them that dwell on the earth, by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, who are yet to sound.

By these three plagues was the third part of men killed, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone, which proceeded out of their mouths.

And from among the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations do men look upon their dead bodies three days and a half, and suffer not their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.

And after the three days and a half the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them that beheld them.

And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, as it were frogs:

And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

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