'Three' in the Bible

Now Peter and John were going up together to the temple complex at the hour of prayer at three in the afternoon.

There was an interval of about three hours; then his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.

At this time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in God’s sight. He was cared for in his father’s home three months,

He was unable to see for three days and did not eat or drink.

About three in the afternoon he distinctly saw in a vision an angel of God who came in and said to him, “Cornelius!”

This happened three times, and then the object was taken up into heaven.

While Peter was thinking about the vision, the Spirit told him, “Three men are here looking for you.

Cornelius replied, “Four days ago at this hour, at three in the afternoon, I was praying in my house. Just then a man in a dazzling robe stood before me

“Now this happened three times, and then everything was drawn up again into heaven.

At that very moment, three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea arrived at the house where we were.

As usual, Paul went to the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

Then he entered the synagogue and spoke boldly over a period of three months, engaging in discussion and trying to persuade them about the things of the kingdom of God.

and stayed three months. When he was about to set sail for Syria, a plot was devised against him by the Jews, so a decision was made to go back through Macedonia.

Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning each one of you with tears.

Three days after Festus arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

Now in the area around that place was an estate belonging to the leading man of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.

After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered at the island, with the Twin Brothers as its figurehead.

Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed three days.

Now the believers from there had heard the news about us and had come to meet us as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage.

After three days he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered he said to them: “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.