'Three' in the Bible

for, as Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights, so shall the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

Another simile spake he to them: 'The reign of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.'

And Jesus having called near his disciples, said, 'I have compassion upon the multitude, because now three days they continue with me, and they have not what they may eat; and to let them away fasting I will not, lest they faint in the way.'

And Peter answering said to Jesus, 'Sir, it is good to us to be here; if thou wilt, we may make here three booths -- for thee one, and for Moses one, and one for Elijah.'

and if he may not hear, take with thee yet one or two, that by the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may stand.

for where there are two or three gathered together -- to my name, there am I in the midst of them.'

said, 'This one said, I am able to throw down the sanctuary of God, and after three days to build it.'

and saying, 'Thou that art throwing down the sanctuary, and in three days building it, save thyself; if Son thou art of God, come down from the cross.'

saying, 'Sir, we have remembered that that deceiver said while yet living, After three days I do rise;

'I have compassion upon the multitude, because now three days they do continue with me, and they have not what they may eat;

and began to teach them, that it behoveth the Son of Man to suffer many things, and to be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be killed, and after three days to rise again;

And Peter answering saith to Jesus, 'Rabbi, it is good to us to be here; and we may make three booths, for thee one, and for Moses one, and for Elijah one:'

for this could have been sold for more than three hundred denaries, and given to the poor;' and they were murmuring at her.

We heard him saying -- I will throw down this sanctuary made with hands, and by three days, another made without hands I will build;'

And those passing by were speaking evil of him, shaking their heads, and saying, 'Ah, the thrower down of the sanctuary, and in three days the builder!

And Mary remained with her about three months, and turned back to 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 questioning them,

and of a truth I say to you, Many widows were in the days of Elijah, in Israel, when the heaven was shut for three years and six months, when great famine came on all the land,

And it came to pass, in their parting from him, Peter said unto Jesus, 'Master, it is good to us to be here; and we may make three booths, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah,' not knowing what he saith:

'Who, then, of these three, seemeth to thee to have become neighbour of him who fell among the robbers?'

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

for there shall be henceforth five in one house divided -- three against two, and two against three;

and he said unto the vine-dresser, Lo, three years I come seeking fruit in this fig-tree, and do not find, cut it off, why also the ground doth it render useless?

It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, did hide in three measures of meal, till that all was leavened.'

And there were there six water-jugs of stone, placed according to the purifying of the Jews, holding each two or three measures.

Jesus answered and said to them, 'Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.'

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

'Wherefore was not this ointment sold for three hundred denaries, and given to the poor?'

Simon Peter went up, and drew the net up on the land, full of great fishes, an hundred fifty and three, and though they were so many, the net was not rent.

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;

and now there doth remain faith, hope, love -- these three; and the greatest of these is love.

if an unknown tongue any one do speak, by two, or at the most, by three, and in turn, and let one interpret;

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

This third time do I come unto you; on the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every saying be established;

then, after three years I went up to Jerusalem to enquire about Peter, and remained with him fifteen days,

Against an elder an accusation receive not, except upon two or three witnesses.

any one who did set at nought a law of Moses, apart from mercies, by two or three witnesses, doth die,

By faith Moses, having been born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child comely, and were not afraid of the decree of the king;

Elijah was a man like affected as we, and with prayer he did pray -- not to rain, and it did not rain upon the land three years and six months;

because three are who are testifying in the heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these -- the three -- are one;

and three are who are testifying in the earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood, and the three are into the one.

and I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, 'A measure of wheat for a denary, and three measures of barley for a denary,' and 'The oil and the wine thou mayest not injure.'

And I saw, and I heard one messenger, flying in the mid-heaven, saying with a great voice, 'Woe, woe, woe, to those dwelling upon the land from the rest of the voices of the trumpet of the three messengers who are about to sound.'

by these three were the third of men killed, from the fire, and from the smoke, and from the brimstone, that is proceeding out of their mouth,

and they shall behold -- they of the peoples, and tribes, and tongues, and nations -- their dead bodies three days and a half, and their dead bodies they shall not suffer to be put into tombs,

And after the three days and a half, a spirit of life from God did enter into them, and they stood upon their feet, and great fear fell upon those beholding them,

and I saw come 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 --

And it came -- the great city -- into three parts, and the cities of the nations did fall, and Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the wrath of His anger,

at the east three gates, at the north three gates, at the south three gates, at the west three gates;