'Three' in the Bible

Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.

And about three hours after, his wife, having no knowledge of what had taken place, came in.

At which time Moses came to birth, and he was very beautiful; and he was kept for three months in his father's house:

And for three days he was not able to see, and he took no food or drink.

And this was done three times: and then the vessel was taken back into heaven.

And, while Peter was turning the vision over in his mind, the Spirit said to him, See, three men are looking for you.

And this was done three times, and they were all taken up again into heaven.

And at that minute, three men, sent from Caesarea, came to the house where we were.

And Paul, as he generally did, went in to them, and on three Sabbath days had discussions with them from the holy Writings,

And he went into the Synagogue, and for three months he was preaching there without fear, reasoning and teaching about the kingdom of God.

And when he had been there three months, because the Jews had made a secret design against him when he was about to take ship for Syria, he made a decision to go back through Macedonia.

So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.

So Festus, having come into that part of the country which was under his rule, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

Now near that place there was some land, the property of the chief man of the island, who was named Publius; who very kindly took us into his house as his guests for three days.

And after three months we went to sea in a ship of Alexandria sailing under the sign of the Dioscuri, which had been at the island for the winter.

And going into the harbour at Syracuse, we were waiting there for three days.

And the brothers, when they had news of us, came out from town as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns to have a meeting with us: and Paul, seeing them, gave praise to God and took heart.

Then after three days he sent for the chief men of the Jews: and when they had come together, he said to them, My brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the ways of our fathers, I was given, a prisoner from Jerusalem, into the hands of the Romans.

Again, let us not give way to the desires of the flesh, as some of them did, of whom twenty-three thousand came to their end in one day.

But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

If any man makes use of a tongue, let it not be more than two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let someone give the sense:

And let the prophets give their words, but not more than two or three, and let the others be judges of what they say.

Three times I was whipped with rods, once I was stoned, three times the ship I was in came to destruction at sea, a night and a day I have been in the water;

And about this thing I made request to the Lord three times that it might be taken away from me.

This is the third time that I am coming to you. From the mouth of two or three witnesses will every word be made certain.

Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Cephas, and was there with him fifteen days.

Do not take as true any statement made against one in authority, but only if two or three give witness to it.

A man who has gone against the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the word of two or three witnesses:

By faith Moses was kept secretly by his father and mother for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a fair child; and they had no fear of the king's orders.

Elijah was a man of flesh and blood as we are, and he made a strong prayer that there might be no rain; and there was no rain on the earth for three years and six months.

There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood: and all three are in agreement.

And a voice came to my ears, from the middle of the four beasts, saying, A measure of grain for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny: and see that you do no damage to the oil and the wine.

And there came to my ears the cry of an eagle in flight in the middle of heaven, saying with a great voice, Trouble, trouble, trouble, to all on the earth, because of the other voices of the horns of the three angels, whose sounding is still to come.

And the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will be looking on their dead bodies three days and a half, and will not let their dead bodies be put in the earth.

And after three days and a half the breath of life from God went into them, and they got up on their feet; and great fear came on those who saw 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.

And the great town was cut into three parts, and the towns of the nations came to destruction: and Babylon the great came into mind before God, to be given the cup of the wine of his wrath.

And on the east were three doors; and on the north three doors; and on the south three doors; and on the west three doors.