'Three' in the Bible

then those, indeed, who did gladly receive his word were baptized, and there were added on that day, as it were, three thousand souls,

And it came to pass, about three hours after, that his wife, not knowing what hath happened, came in,

in which time Moses was born, and he was fair to God, and he was brought up three months in the house of his father;

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

And Peter thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, 'Lo, three men do seek thee;

and, lo, immediately, three men stood at the house in which I was, having been sent from Caesarea unto me,

and according to the custom of Paul, he went in unto them, and for three sabbaths he was reasoning with them from the Writings,

And having gone into the synagogue, he was speaking boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading the things concerning the reign of God,

having made also three months' stay -- a counsel of the Jews having been against him -- being about to set forth to Syria, there came to him a resolution of returning through Macedonia.

'Therefore, watch, remembering that three years, night and day, I did not cease with tears warning each one;

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

And in the neighbourhood of that place were lands of the principal man of the island, by name Publius, who, having received us, three days did courteously lodge us;

And after three months, we set sail in a ship (that had wintered in the isle) of Alexandria, with the sign Dioscuri,

and having landed at Syracuse, we remained three days,

and thence, the brethren having heard the things concerning us, came forth to meet us, unto Appii Forum, and Three Taverns -- whom Paul having seen, having given thanks to God, took courage.

And it came to pass after three days, Paul called together those who are the principal men of the Jews, and they having come together, he said unto them: 'Men, brethren, I -- having done nothing contrary to the people, or to the customs of the fathers -- a prisoner from Jerusalem, was delivered up to the hands of the Romans;