A Few Biblical Threes
This is a fun exercise which makes you scan your hard drive of Biblical information, in your head, to locate the answers. Try not to look at the scripture references, work your memory and see how well you do. You may be quite surprised.
Name the 3 Samaritans in the New Testament
Luke 10:33; Luke 17:15-16; John 4:7
Name the 3 fathers whose two sons were killed by God.
Genesis 38:6-10; Leviticus 10:1-3; 1 Samuel 2:34; 4:17-18
Name the 3 languages identifying Jesus, as He hung on the cross.
John 19:19-20
Name 3 arks found in the scriptures.
Genesis 7:1; Exodus 2:3; Exodus 25:10
Name 3 times Tabernacle/Temple destroyed.
1 Samuel 4:3-4; Jerimiah 7:12; Daniel 1:1; Matthew 24:2
Name the 3 murderers who were God’s leaders
Exodus 2:12; 2 Samuel 11:15; Acts 9:1
Name the 3 men who had 12 sons named in Genesis.
Genesis 22:20-24; Genesis 25:12-16; Genesis 49:1-27
Name the 3 men who never died.
Genesis 5:21-24; 2 Kings 2:11; Hebrews 7:3
Name the 3 men from the Old Testament who came back from the grave with a message.
1 Samuel 8:15-19; Matthew 17:3
Name the 3 men in the Old Testament who committed suicide.
1 Samuel 31:4; 2 Samuel 17:23; 1 Kings 16:18
Name the 3 men who killed their brother(s).
Genesis 4:8; Judges 9:4-5; 2 Samuel 13:28-29
Name the men who had their name changed in the New Testament.
Matthew 4:18; Acts 4:36; Acts 13:9
Name the 3 men who killed a lion.
Judges 14:15; 1 Samuel 17:36; 2 Samuel 23:20
Name the 3 men who fasted for 40 days and 40 nights.
Exodus 34:28; 1 Kings 19:8; Matthew 4:2
Name the 3 men whose wives were found at a well.
Genesis 24:15; Genesis 29:10; Exodus 2:16-21
Name the 3 men who were priests of God outside of Judaism.
Genesis 14:18; Exodus 18:12; Numbers 22:9
Name the 3 people in the Old Testament who made a rash vow.
Genesis 27:13 (27:43); Genesis 31:32 (35:19) Judges 11:30,31 (34)
Name the 3 people who had their name changed in the Old Testament.
Genesis 17:5; Genesis 17:15; Genesis 32:28
Name the 3 times when women killed men.
Judges 4:21; 2 Samuel 11:21; 2 Samuel 20:21-22
Name the 3 times where we see midwives.
Genesis 35:17; Genesis 38:28; Exodus 1:19
Name the 3 Nazarites mentioned in the Bible.
Judges 16:17; 1 Samuel 1:11-28; Luke 1:13-15
Name the 3 women who were raped in the Bible.
Genesis 34:2; 2 Samuel 13:1ff; Judges 19:1ff
Name the 3 places where we see women named Tamar.
Genesis 38:6; 2 Samuel 13:1; 2 Samuel 14:27
Name the 3 times in the Old Testament when God disturbed the sun.
Exodus 10:21-29; Joshua 10:12; 2 Kings 20:9
Name the 3 times when God fed a multitude with food left over.
2 Kings 4:43; Matthew 14:13-21; Matthew 15:32-39
Name the 3 times when God speaks from heaven glorifying Jesus.
Matthew 3:17; Matthew 17:5; John 12:28
Name the 3 times we see God in human form in Genesis.
Genesis 3:8; Genesis 18:1ff; Genesis 32:30
Name the 3 times when we see God’s finger writing a message.
Exodus 31:18; Daniel 5:24; John 8:6
Name the 3 storms where men’s lives were in danger, but none perished.
John 1:1ff; Matthew 8:23-27; Acts 17:27
Name the 3 animals that talk in the Bible.
Genesis 3:1; Numbers 22:28; Revelation 8:15
Name the 3 incidents where animals sent by God kill humans.
1 Kings 13:24; 1 Kings 20:36; 2 Kings 2:24
Name the 3 times where we see a scarlet thread.
Genesis 38:28; Joshua 2:21; Song of Solomon 4:3
Name the 3 men who were dead, then had their heads cut off.
1 Samuel 17:51; 1 Samuel 31:9; 2 Samuel 4:7
Name the 3 men who died by having their heads chopped off.
2 Samuel 20:22; 2 Kings 10:6-8; Matthew 14:10
Name the 3 proper names of angels mentioned in the Bible.
Daniel 10:21; Luke 1:19; Revelation 12:9
Name the 3 times we see symbolic descriptions of Christ.
Song of Solomon 5:10-16; Daniel 10:5-6; Revelation 1:12-16
Name the 3 times when God publicly consumed the offering by fire.
Leviticus 9:24; 1 Kings 18:38; 2 Chronicles 7:1
Name the 3 times we see circumcision on large groups of men.
Genesis 17:10-27; Genesis 34:13-17; Joshua 5:2-8
Name the 3 times when we see Jesus coming in the clouds.
Matthew 24:30; Acts 1:11; Revelation 1:7
Name the 3 Old Testament incidents symbolic of New Testament baptism.
Genesis 6-8; (1 Peter 3:21) Exodus 14; (1 Corinthians 10:3) Joshua 3:17
Name the resurrections where the man laid on top of the child.
1 Kings 17:22-22; 2 Kings 4:35-37; Acts 20:10
Name the 3 wicked women found in the Bible.
Judges 16:4-6; 1 Kings 18:13; 2 Chronicles 22:10; 24:7
Name the kings condemned to be eaten by dogs.
1 Kings 14:11; 1 Kings 16:4; 1 Kings 21:24
Hopefully this short list is enough to point out the fact that 3’s seem to be quite consistent in the Bible and they range from being found in individual books to being found in the New Testament & Old Testament which I believe shows inspiration of scriptures.
God’s number is three, Father; Son; Holy Spirit; Matthew 28:19
Jesus taught us three things, Faith, Hope and Love; 1 Corinthians 13:13;
Man is a three, body, soul, spirit; 1 Thessalonians 5:23
We are living on the third planet from the sun.
Three laws of life : 3 minutes without air, 3 days without water 3 weeks without food and you die.
Grandma always used to say, “Everything happens in three’s.”
Secret messages? – No! Secret meanings? – No!
Numerology? No! Just a easy memory tool, if you know the number is three, it helps the memory to find the answer.
See the book of Acts for three’s.