3 - some more examples from the New Testament

1. Three times is the number of times Peter saw the vision of the animals (Acts 10:16, etc)
2. Three days is the period Paul was blind after his conversion (Acts 9)
3. Three months is the period Paul preached fearlessly in Ephesus (Acts 19:8)
4. Three months is the period Paul spent in Greece after leaving Ephesus (Acts 19:3)
5. Three months is also the period Paul stayed in Malta en route to Rome (Acts 28:11)
6. Three days is the time Paul spent in Syracuse en route to Rome (Acts 28:12)
7. Three shipwrecks were part of the sufferings of the Apostle Paul (2 Corinthians 11:28)
8. Three times Paul prayed for the “thorn in the flesh” to be removed (2 Corinthians 12:7, 8)
9. Three years is the time Paul spent in Arabia (Galatians 1:18)
10. Three virtues remain (1 Corinthians 13:1)
(Also there are three gates on each side of the heavenly Jerusalem (Revelation). Note too that God is a Trinity and is referred to as the one the one who is, who was and who will be (Revelaion 1:8). Also, the third heaven (2 Corinthians 12:2)

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