'Three' in the Bible

for just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

He spoke another parable to them, “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until it was all leavened.”

And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, “I feel compassion for the people, because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.”

Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, I will make three tabernacles here, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every fact may be confirmed.

For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”

Jesus said to him, “Truly I say to you that this very night, before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”

and said, “This man stated, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and to rebuild it in three days.’”

And Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said, “Before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.

and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

and said, “Sir, we remember that when He was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I am to rise again.’

“I feel compassion for the people because they have remained 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.

Peter *said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tabernacles, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He will rise three days later.”

They will mock Him and spit on Him, and scourge Him and kill Him, and three days later He will rise again.”

For this perfume might have been sold for over three hundred denarii, and the money given to the poor.” And they were scolding her.

And Jesus *said to him, “Truly I say to you, that this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you yourself will deny Me three times.”

“We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’”

Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he began to weep.

Those passing by were hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

And Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her home.

Then, after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions.

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

And as these were leaving Him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tabernacles: one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—not realizing what he was saying.

Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers’ hands?”

Then He said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves;

for from now on five members in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.

And he said to the vineyard-keeper, ‘Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree without finding any. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?’

It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until it was all leavened.”

And He said, “I say to you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.”

The Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, “Before a rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”

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

The Jews then said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?”

Then, when they had rowed about three or four miles, they *saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat; and they were frightened.

“Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to poor people?”

Jesus *answered, “Will you lay down your life for Me? Truly, truly, I say to you, a rooster will not crow until you deny Me three times.

So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls.

Now there elapsed an interval of about three hours, and his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.

It was at this time that Moses was born; and he was lovely in the sight of God, and he was nurtured three months in his father’s home.

And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into the sky.

While Peter was reflecting on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.

This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into the sky.

And behold, at that moment three men appeared at the house in which we were staying, having been sent to me from Caesarea.

And according to Paul’s custom, he went to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

And he entered the synagogue and continued speaking out boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God.

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

Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for a period of three years I did not cease to admonish each one with tears.

Festus then, having arrived in the province, three days later went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

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

At the end of three months we set sail on an Alexandrian ship which had wintered at the island, and which had the Twin Brothers for its figurehead.

After we put in at Syracuse, we stayed there for three days.

And the brethren, when they heard about us, came from there as far as the Market of Appius and Three Inns to meet us; and when Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage.

After three days Paul called together those who were the leading men of the Jews, and when they came together, he began saying to them, “Brethren, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.

If anyone speaks in a tongue, it should be by two or at the most three, and each in turn, and one must interpret;

Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others pass judgment.

Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent in the deep.

Concerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me.

This is the third time I am coming to you. Every fact is to be confirmed by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

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

Do not receive an accusation against an elder except on the basis of two or three witnesses.

Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.

Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.

the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.

And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine.”

Then I looked, and I heard an eagle flying in midheaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!”

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

Those from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not permit their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.

But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God came into them, and they stood on their feet; and great fear fell upon those who were watching 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 like frogs;

The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of His fierce wrath.

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