Three in one, and one in three. The One in the middle died for me...
Three: The number three is a perfect
number and is used extensively throughout Scripture:
Ark of the Covenant
contained 3 items, the tablets, rod, and manna:
Heb 9:4 Baskets:
Gen
40:18 Branches:
Gen 40:10 Christ died for three things, ourselves, our
salvation, and our sins.
Christ made Peter affirm his love for Him three
times: Jn 21:15-17
Christ rose on the third day: Mt 28:1-6
Christ was
thirty three when He died.
Christ will rebuild this temple in three days: Mk
14:58
Christs ministry lasted three years.
Church teaching, Holy
Scripture, Tradition, and the Magisterium.
Daniel knelt three times a day to
pray: Dan 6:10
Days of darkness, the 9th plague on Egypt: Ex 10:21-23
Days in the wilderness: Ex 8:27,15:22
Days without food for the
Egyptian: 1Sam 30:12-13
Esther commands Mardochai to fast for three days and
three nights: Est 4:16
GOD gave each of us memory, intelligence, and free
will.
Jerusalem is surrounded by 3 mountains, Gibeon, Moriah, and Zion: Psa
125:2
Jesus hung on the cross for three hours before He died: Lk 23:44-46
Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane three times: Mk 14:32-42
Jesus
was crucified on the third hour: Mk 15:25
Jesus was crucified using three
nails, one in each wrist, one in both feet.
Jesus was judged by three,
Annas, Pilate, and Herod.
Jesus was lost in the temple for three days: Lk
2:41-51
Jonah spends three days and three nights in the whale: Jonah 2:1, Mt
12:40.
Paul reasoned from Scriptures for three Sabbaths: Act 17:2
Peter
denied Him three times: Lk 22:54-62.
Peter's vision of Heaven, three times:
Act 10:10-16.
Samson's riddle not solved in three days: Judges 14:14
Saul blinded for three days: Act 9:9
Son of Man three days and three
nights in the heart of the earth: Mt 12:40
The body, soul, and spirit of
humans: 1Thes 5:23.
The Holy Family, Jesus, Mary, and St. Joseph: Mt 2:13-15
The Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: Mt 28:19.
The Lord is
our judge, lawgiver, and king: Isa 33:22
The three wise men: Mt 2:1-12
The triple benediction: Num 6:24-26.
The triple doxology: Isa 6:3
Three days used in the Bible over 50 times.
Three Mary's were at the
foot of the cross: Jn 19:25.
Three Tabernacles to make at the
Transfiguration: Lk 9:33
Three things hard, disturbing, wiser: Prov
30:18-31.
Three thousand added to the Church in one day: Act 2:41,47.
Three were crucified together: Mt 27:38.
Three were seen at the
Transfiguration, Jesus, Elias, and Moses. Mk 9:3
There are many more...
