On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.

Laban Pursues Jacob

On the third day Laban was told that Jacob had fled.

On the third day, Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:

If any meat of the fellowship offering is eaten on the third day, the one who offered it will not be accepted. It will not be reckoned to their credit, for it has become impure; the person who eats any of it will be held responsible.

If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is impure and will not be accepted.

On the third day, Eliab son of Helon, the leader of the people of Zebulun, brought his offering.

They must purify themselves with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then they will be clean. But if they do not purify themselves on the third and seventh days, they will not be clean.

“‘On the third day offer eleven bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect.

So the Israelites set out and on the third day came to their cities: Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth and Kiriath Jearim.

They went up against the Benjamites on the third day and took up positions against Gibeah as they had done before.

David Destroys the Amalekites

David and his men reached Ziklag on the third day. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it,

On the third day a man arrived from Saul’s camp with his clothes torn and dust on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him honor.

“Go back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the Lord.

Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the Lord will heal me and that I will go up to the temple of the Lord on the third day from now?”

The temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

Esther’s Request to the King

On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the palace, in front of the king’s hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the hall, facing the entrance.

After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.

Jesus Predicts His Death

From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised to life.” And the disciples were filled with grief.

and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!”

And he said, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”

He replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘I will keep on driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.’

they will flog him and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”

‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ”

He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,