2788、“到了第三日”表示完成和成圣的开始，这从“第三日”的含义清楚可知。在圣言中，“日”表示状态（23，487，488，493，893节）；“年”，以及总体上的一切时间段也是如此，如一小时，一天，一周，一月，一年或一个世纪；早晨、中午、晚上、黑夜；春、夏、秋、冬。当这些时间段加上“第三”时，它们表示这个状态的结束，同时表示下一个状态的开始。由于此处论述的主题是主通过试探实现的成圣，所以“第三日”表示完成，同时表示成圣的开始，这从前面的论述也可推知。这种含义的原因在于，当主应验了一切时，祂会在第三日复活，因为主活在世上时已经成就，或将要成就的事都体现在教会的代表里面，仿佛它们已经成就了。圣言的内义也是这样，因为在神里面，是和成为是一样的，或说尚未实现的和已经实现的是一样的；事实上，对祂来说，整个永恒就在此处和现在，或说一切永恒都是当下。
这就是为何数字“三”不仅在古教会和犹太教中是代表，而且在各外邦民族当中也是代表。关于这个数字的说明，可参看前文（720，901，1825节）。这就是“三”的含义的来源，这一点清楚可见于何西阿书：
让我们归向耶和华，因为祂撕裂，也必医治我们；祂击伤，也必缠裹我们。过两天祂必使我们苏醒，第三天祂必使我们兴起，我们就可以活在祂面前。（何西阿书6:1-2）
此处“第三天”表示主的降临和祂的复活。这一点同样从约拿清楚看出来，他在鱼腹中三日三夜（约拿书1:17）；对此，主在马太福音如此说：
约拿怎样三日三夜在大鱼肚腹中，人子也必怎样三日三夜在地心里。（马太福音12:40）
要知道，就圣言的内义而言，“三日”和“第三日”意思是一样的。以下经文的“三”和“第三”意思也是一样的。约翰福音：
耶稣对犹太人说，你们拆毁这殿，我三日内要再建立起来。祂是指着祂身体的殿说的。（约翰福音2:19-21；马太福音26:61；马可福音14:58；15:29）
众所周知，主在第三日复活。由于同样的原因，主将祂的一生分成了三个时期或阶段，如路加福音所说的：
你们去告诉那个狐狸，你看吧，今天、明天我赶鬼进行医治，第三天我就完成了。（路加福音13:32）
主也在那一天的巳初（即上午第三时）承受祂的最后试探，也就是十字架受难（马可福音15:25）；三小时后，或约有午正（第六时），遍地都黑暗了（路加福音23:44）；又三小时后，或申初（第九时），气就断了（马可福音15:33-34，37）。但在“第三日”早晨，祂复活了（马可福音16:1-4；路加福音24:7；也可参看马太福音16:21；17:22-23；20:18-19；马可福音8:31；9:31；10:33-34；路加福音18:33；24:46）。由于这一切，尤其由于主在第三日复活，数字“三”具有一种代表性和属灵的含义。这一事实从以下圣言经文清楚看出来，出埃及记：
当耶和华降临西乃山时，祂吩咐摩西叫百姓今天明天分别为圣，又叫他们洗衣服，到第三天预备好了，因为第三天耶和华要降临。（出埃及记19:10-11，15-16）
民数记：
以色列人从耶和华的山起行，行了三天的路程；耶和华的约柜在他们前面行了三天的路程，为他们寻找安歇的地方。（民数记10:33）
出埃及记：
埃及全地就有幽暗三天之久，他们不能看见人和弟兄，惟有以色列人有光。（出埃及记10:22-23）
还愿祭或甘心祭的肉要在第一天和第二天吃完；一点也不可留到第三天，但剩下的要焚烧，因为它是可憎嫌的。平安祭的肉也是如此，利未记：
第三天若吃了平安祭的肉，这祭必不蒙悦纳，但灵魂必担当它的罪孽。（利未记7:16-18；19:6-7）
民数记：
摸了死尸的，那人到第三天要洁净自己，第七天就洁净了；否则，灵魂必从以色列中剪除，第三天和第七天，洁净的人要洒水在不洁净的人身上。（民数记19:12-13，19）
又：
凡杀了人的，和凡摸了被杀之人的，第三日、第七日，都要洁净自己。（民数记31:19）
利未记：
他们到了迦南地，三年之久，要以树的果子为未受割礼的，是不可吃的。（利未记19:23）
申命记：
每三年之末，他们要将那年的出产全部的十分之一都取出来，存放在他们的城门内，利未人，寄居的，并孤儿寡妇，都可以吃。（申命记14:28-29；24:12）
出埃及记：
一年三次，他们要向耶和华守节，一切的男丁要一年三次出现在主耶和华的面前。（出埃及记23:14，17；申命记16:16）
约书亚记：
约书亚吩咐百姓，三日之内，他们要过这约旦河，继承这地。（约书亚记1:11；3:2）
撒母耳记上：
耶和华三次呼唤撒母耳，撒母耳在第三次回答了祂。（撒母耳记上3:8）
又：
当扫罗想杀大卫时，大卫藏在田野，直到第三日晚上。约拿单告诉大卫，他要在第三日探他父亲的意思。约拿单说，他要向磐石旁边射三箭，然后大卫在约拿单面前脸俯于地，拜了三拜。 （撒母耳记上20:5，12，19-20，30，36，41）
撒母耳记下：
大卫要从三样灾中选一样，是这地上有七年饥荒呢？是在他敌人面前逃跑三个月呢？是在这地上有三日的瘟疫呢？（撒母耳记下24:12-13）
又：
在大卫的日子有饥荒，一年接一年。（撒母耳记下21:1）
列王纪上：
以利亚三次伏在死去孩子的身上，使他复活。（列王纪上17:21）
又：
以利亚给耶和华筑坛时，吩咐他们在燔祭和柴上倒三次水。（列王纪上18:34）
列王纪下：
火烧灭了前两次被差遣去见以利亚的五十夫长，但没有烧灭第三次被差遣去见他的人。（列王纪下1:13-14）
又：
赐给希西家王一个证据，那年他们要吃自生的，第二年也要吃自长的；第三年他们要耕种收割，栽植葡萄园，吃它们的果子。（列王纪下19:29）
但以理书：
但以理就到自己家里，打开他楼上的窗户开向耶路撒冷，在那里一日三次双膝跪着感谢祷告。（但以理书6:10，13）
又：
但以理悲伤了三个七日。没有吃美食，没有喝酒，也没有用膏抹他自己，直到满了三个七日。（但以理书10:2-3）
以赛亚书：
以赛亚露身赤脚行走三年，作为关乎埃及和古实的预兆奇迹。（以赛亚书20:3）
出埃及记：
灯台每一边都要杈出三个枝子，每枝上都有三个杏仁状的杯。（出埃及记25:32-33）
又：
在乌陵和土明中，每行有三种宝石。（出埃及记28:17-20）
以西结书：
新殿要有卫房，这旁三间，那旁三间，它们三间都是一样的尺寸；那家的廊子，门宽要这边三肘，那边三肘。（以西结书40:10，21，48）
又：
新耶路撒冷要北面有三门，东面有三门，南面有三门，西面有三门。（以西结书48:31-34；启示录21:13）
这一点同样可见于以下经文，马太福音：
彼得三次不认耶稣。（马太福音26:34，69等）
约翰福音：
主三次对彼得说，你爱我吗？（约翰福音21:17）
还有这个比喻，路加福音：
栽葡萄园的人三次打发仆人去，最后打发他的儿子去。（路加福音20:12；马可福音12:2，4-6）
马太福音：
在葡萄园作工的人是在第三时、第六时、第九时和第十一个时被雇来的。（马太福音20:1-17）
路加福音：
无花果树因三年不结果，就要被砍掉。（路加福音13:6-7）
正如三个一组和三分之一都具有一个代表意义，第三部分也是如此。如在以下经文，民数记：
细面伊法十分之二，并油一欣的第三部分，调和作素祭。又用酒一欣三分之一作奠祭。（民数记15:6-7；以西结书46:14）
以西结书：
先知以西结要使剃刀剃过他的头和胡须，然后须发平分，将第三部分用火焚烧，将三分之一在城周围用剑击砍，将三分之一任风吹散。（以西结书5:1-2，11）
撒迦利亚书：
在全地，两分必被剪除，三分之一仍必存留；然而，这三分之一要经火熬炼。（撒迦利亚书13:8-9）
启示录：
第一位天使吹号，就有雹子与火搀着血丢在地上，树的第三部分被烧了。第二位天使吹号，就有仿佛火烧着的大山扔在海中，海的第三部分变成血，导致海中有灵魂的生物的第三部分死了，船只的第三部分也坏了。第三位天使吹号，就有烧着的大星好像火把从天上落下来，落在江河的第三部分上；这星名叫茵陈。第四位天使吹号，日头的第三部分，月亮的第三部分，星辰的第三部分都被击打，以致日月星的第三部分黑暗了，白昼的第三部分没有光，黑夜也是这样。（启示录8:7-12）
又：
那四个要杀人的第三部分的使者就被释放。（启示录9:15）
又：
马的口中所出来的火与烟，并硫磺，这三样杀了人的第三部分。（启示录9:18）
又：
龙用他的尾巴拖拉着天上星辰的第三部分，把它们摔在地上。（启示录12:4）
然而，“第三部分”（Athirdpart）表示尚未完成或结束的某种东西，而“三分之一”（athird）和“三个一组”（atrine）表示已经完成的东西：对恶人来说，是邪恶，对善人来说，是良善。
Potts(1905-1910) 2788
2788. On the third day. That this signifies completeness, and the beginning of sanctification, is evident from the signification of the "third day." "Day" in the Word signifies state (n. 23, 487, 488, 493, 893); as also does "year," and in general all periods of time; as an "hour," a "day," a "week," a "month," a "year," an "age;" as also "morning," "noon," "evening," and "night;" and "spring," "summer," "autumn," and "winter;" and when "third" is added to these, they signify the end of that state, and at the same time the beginning of the following state. As the Lord's sanctification is here treated of, which was effected by temptations, the "third day" signifies completeness, and at the same time the beginning of sanctification, as also follows from what has been already said. The reason of this signification is that when the Lord had fulfilled all things He would rise again on the third day; for the things that were done, or that would be done by the Lord when He lived in the world, were in the representatives of the church as if already done (as also they were in the internal sense of the Word); for in God to be and to become are the same; indeed all eternity is present to Him. [2] Hence the number "three" was representative, not only in the Ancient Church and in the Jewish, but also among various nations. (See what is said concerning this number above, n. 720, 901, 1825.) That this was the origin of the signification of "three," is evident in Hosea:
Let us return unto Jehovah, for He hath wounded, and He will heal us; He hath smitten, and He will bind us up; after two days He will revive us, on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live before Him (Hos. 6:1-2);
where the "third day" denotes the Lord's coming, and His resurrection. And from Jonah, that he "was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights" (Jonah 1:17); concerning which the Lord thus speaks in Matthew:
As Jonah was in the whale's belly three days and three nights, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth (Matt. 12:40). [3] Be it known that in the internal sense of the Word "three days" and the "third day" signify the same, as also do "three" and "third" in the passages which now follow. In John:
Jesus said to the Jews, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. He spake of the temple of His body (John 2:19-21; Matt. 26:61; Mark 14:58; 15:29). [4] That the Lord rose again on the third day is known. For the same reason the Lord distinguished the periods of His life into three, as stated in Luke:
Go ye and tell that fox, Behold I cast out demons, and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I am perfected (Luke 13:32). His last temptation also, that of the cross, the Lord endured at the "third hour" of the day (Mark 15:25); and after three hours there came darkness over the whole land, or at the "sixth hour" (Luke 23:44); and after three hours, or at the "ninth hour," the end (Mark 15:33-34, 37). But on the morning of the "third day" He rose again (Mark 16:1-4; Luke 24:7); (see Matt. 16:21; 17:22-23; 20:18-19; Mark 8:31; 9:31; 10:33-34; Luke 18:33; 24:46). From all this, and especially from the Lord's resurrection on the third day, the number "three" was representative and significative, as may be seen from the following passages in the Word:
When Jehovah came down upon Mount Sinai, He told Moses to sanctify the people today and tomorrow, and that they should wash their garments, and be ready against the third day, for on the third day Jehovah would descend (Exod. 19:10-11, 15-16). When they set forth from the mount of Jehovah on a journey of three days, the ark of Jehovah went before them a three days' journey to seek out a resting place for them (Num. 10:33). There was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days, and they saw not one another for three days, but the sons of Israel had light (Exod. 10:22-23). [5] The flesh of the sacrifice of a vow, or of a freewill-offering, was to be eaten on the first and second day; nothing was to be left to the third day, but the remainder was to be burnt, because it was an abomination. So too with the flesh of the peace-offering; and if it should be eaten on the third day it would not propitiate, but the soul should carry its iniquity (Lev. 7:16-18; 19:6-7). He that touched one dead was to purify himself on the third day, and on the seventh day he should be clean; otherwise that soul should be cut off from Israel and one that was clean should sprinkle water upon him that was unclean on the third day and on the seventh day (Num. 19:12-13, 19). They who slew a person in battle, or touched one that was slain, were to purify themselves on the third day, and on the seventh day (Num. 31:19). [6] When they came into the land of Canaan the fruit was to be uncircumcised three years, and was not to be eaten (Lev. 19:23). At the end of three years they were to bring all the tithes of their increase in that year and lay it up in their gates, that the Levite, the sojourner, the orphan, and the widow might eat (Deut. 14:28-29; 24:12). Three times in the year they were to keep a feast to Jehovah, and three times in the year every male was to appear before the face of the Lord Jehovih (Exod. 23:14, 17; Deut. 16:16). Joshua told the people that in three days they should pass over the Jordan and inherit the land (Josh. 1:11; 3:2). [7] Jehovah called to Samuel three times, and he answered the third time (1 Sam. 3:8). When Saul wished to kill David, David hid himself in the field till the third evening. Jonathan said to David that he would sound his father on the third day. Jonathan shot three arrows by the side of the stone, and David then fell upon his face to the earth before Jonathan and bowed himself down three times (1 Sam. 20:5, 12, 19-20, 30, 36, 41). David was to choose one of three things: seven years of famine in the land; or that he should flee before his enemies three months; or a pestilence in the land three days (2 Sam. 24:12-13). [8] There was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year (2 Sam. 21:1). Elijah stretched himself upon the dead child three times and brought him to life (1 Kings 17:21). When Elijah had built the altar to Jehovah, he told them to pour water upon the burnt offering and upon the wood three times (1 Kings 18:34). The fire twice consumed the commanders over fifty, sent to Elijah, but not him that was sent the third time (2 Kings 1:13). It was a sign to king Hezekiah that they should eat that year what sprung up spontaneously, in the second year the aftergrowth, but in the third year they should sow, reap, plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them (2 Kings 19:29). [9] Daniel entered into his house and had the windows open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, and here three times a day he blessed upon his knees and prayed (Dan. 6:11, 14). Daniel mourned three weeks of days, eating no pleasant bread, nor drinking wine, nor anointing himself, until the three weeks of days were fulfilled (Dan. 10:2-3). Isaiah went naked and barefoot three years, for a sign and a wonder upon Egypt and upon Cush (Isa. 20:3). Out of the candlestick went forth three branches on each side, and three almond-shaped cups on each branch (Exod. 25:32-33). In the Urim and Thummim there were three precious stones in each row (Exod. 28:17-19). [10] In the new temple there were to be three chambers of the gate on this side and three on that side, and they three should have one measure; at the porch of the house the breadth of the gate should be three cubits on this side and three cubits on that side (Ezek. 40:10, 21, 48). In the new Jerusalem there were to be three gates to the north, three to the east, three to the south, and three to the west (Ezek. 48:31-34; Rev. 21:13). So in the following passages:
Peter denied Jesus thrice (Matt. 26:34, 69 and following verses). The Lord said to Peter three times, "Lovest thou Me?" (John 21:17). Also in the parable, the man who planted the vineyard sent servants three times, and at length his son (Luke 20:12; Mark 12:2, 4-6). They who labored in the vineyard were hired at the third hour, the sixth hour, the ninth hour, and the eleventh hour (Matt. 20:1-17). Because the fig tree did not bear fruit for three years, it was to be cut down (Luke 13:6, 7). [11] As a trine and a third were representative, so also was a third part; as that in the meat offering of fine flour two tenths were mixed with a third part of a hin of oil and the wine for a libation was a third part of a hin (Num. 15:6, 7; Ezek. 46:14). The prophet Ezekiel was to pass a razor upon his head, and upon his beard, and then divide the hair and burn a third part in the fire, and smite a third with the sword, about it [the city], and scatter a third to the wind (Ezek. 5:1-2, 11). In the whole land, two parts were to be cut off and the third was to be left; but the third was to be brought through the fire and proved (Zech. 13:8-9). [12] When the first angel sounded there came hail and fire mingled with blood, and it fell upon the earth so that a third part of the trees were burnt up. The second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea, and a third part of the sea became blood; because of which a third part of the creatures in the sea having souls, died, and a third part of the ships were destroyed. The third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven burning like a lamp, and it fell upon a third part of the rivers; the name of the star was Wormwood. The fourth angel sounded, and a third part of the sun was smitten, and a third part of the moon, and a third part of the stars, so that a third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night in like manner (Rev. 8:7-12). [13] The four angels were loosed to kill a third part of men (Rev. 9:15). By these three were the third part of men killed, by the fire, and the smoke, and the brimstone, which proceeded out of the mouth of the horses (Rev. 9:18). The dragon drew with his tail a third part of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth (Rev. 12:4). A "third part," however, signifies some, and what is not yet complete; but the "third," and a "trine," what is complete; and this, of evil to the evil, and of good to the good.
Elliott(1983-1999) 2788
2788. That 'on the third day' means that which has been completed, and the beginning of sanctification, is clear from the meaning of 'the third day'. 'Day' in the Word means state, 23, 487, 488, 493, 893, as also does 'year', and as in general do all periods of time - an hour, day, week, month, year, or age; also morning, midday, evening, and night; and spring, summer, autumn, and winter. And when 'the third' is added to any of these the end of that state, and at the same time the beginning of the next, are meant. Here, the subject being the sanctification of the Lord which was effected by means of temptations, 'the third day' means that which has been completed and at the same time the beginning of sanctification, as also follows from what has been said previously to this. The reason for this meaning is that when He had fulfilled everything the Lord was to rise again on the third day, for the things that were done by the Lord while He lived in the world, that is, the things that were yet to be done by Him, were embodied within the representatives of the Church as though they had already been done. This was as it is with the internal sense of the Word, for with God that which is yet to come to pass and that which already is are one and the same; indeed to Him the whole of eternity is here and now.
[2] This is why the number three was representative not only in the Ancient Church and in the Jewish but also among various gentile nations; see what has been stated about this number in 720, 901, 1825. That such was the origin of the meaning of 'three' is clear in Hosea,
We will return to Jehovah, for He has wounded and will heal us; He has stricken and will bind us up; He will revive us after two days, on the third day He will raise us up that we may live before Him. Hosea 6:-1, 2.
Here 'the third day' stands for the coming of the Lord and His resurrection. The same is clear from Jonah, in that he was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights, Jonah 1:17, to which the Lord refers in Matthew as follows,
As Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Matt 12: 40.
[3] It should be realized that in the internal sense of the Word 'three days' and 'the third day' have the same meaning, as also do 'three' and 'third' in the following places: In John,
Jesus said to the Jews, Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up. He was speaking of the temple of His body. John 2: 19-21; Matt 26: 61; Mark 14:-58; 15: 29.
It is a well known fact that the Lord rose again on the third day.
[4] For the same reason the Lord also distinguished three periods in His life: in Luke,
Go and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, but on the third day I reach completion. Luke 13:-32.
Also, the Lord underwent the final temptation, which was that of the Cross, at the third hour of the day, Mark 15: 25. Three hours later, that is, at the sixth hour, darkness fell over the whole land,a Luke 23:-44. And three hours after that, at the ninth hour, the end came, Mark 15:-33, 34, 37. But in the morning of the third day He rose again, Mark 16: 1-4; Luke 24:-7. See also Matt 16: 21; 17: 22, 23; 20: 18, 19; Mark 8: 31; 9: 31; 10: 33, 34; Luke 18:-33; 24; 46. From all this, and especially from the Lord's resurrection on the third day, the number three was representative and possessed a spiritual meaning. This fact becomes clear from the following places in the Word:
When Jehovah came down upon Mount Sinai He told Moses that he was to sanctify the people today and tomorrow and they were to wash their garments and be ready on the third day, for on the third day Jehovah would come down. Exod. 19: 10, 11, 15, 16.
When they travelled from the mountain of Jehovah on a three days' journey, the Ark of Jehovah travelled before them on the three days' journey to search out rest for them. Num 10: 33.
There was thick darkness for three days in all the land of Egypt, and nobody could see his brother for three days, but the children of Israel had light. Exod 10: 22, 23.
[5] The flesh of a sacrifice made as a vow-offering or as a freewill-offering was to be eaten on the first and the second day; nothing was to be kept until the third day but was to be burned, because it was an abomination. So too with the flesh of a sacrifice made as a 'eucharistic' offering; if this was eaten on the third day the one offering the sacrifice would not be accepted and that soul would bear his iniquity. Lev 7: 16-18; 19: 6, 7.
Anyone who touched a dead body was to purify himself on the third day, and on the seventh day he would be clean. If he did not do so that soul would be cut off from Israel. And one that was clean was to sprinkle water over the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day. Num 19: 12, 13, 19.
Those who had killed someone in battle and had touched one who had been slain were to purify themselves on the third day and on the seventh day. Num 31: 19.
[6] When they came into the land of Canaan the fruit of a tree was to be uncircumcised for three years and not eaten. Lev 19: 23.
At the end of three years they were to bring every tenth part of their produce in that year and deposit it within their gates so that the Levite, the sojourner, the orphan, and the widow might eat. Deut 14: 28, 29; 26: 12.
Three times a year they were to keep a feast to Jehovah. And three times a year every male person was to appear before the face of the Lord Jehovah. Exod 23: 14, 17; Deut 16: 16.
Joshua told the people that in three days they would be crossing the Jordan and inheriting the land. Josh 1: 11; 3: 2.
Jehovah called to Samuel three times and the third time he answered Him. 1 Sam 3: 8.
[7] When Saul wished to kill David, David hid in the field until the third evening. Jonathan told David, I will sound out my father on the third day from now. Jonathan said that he would shoot three arrows to the side of the stone. And David fell face to the ground, before Jonathan and bowed down three times. Sam 20: 5, 12, 19, 20, 35, 36, 41.
David was to choose one of these three things - either seven years of famine in the land, or his own flight before his enemies for three months, or pestilence in the land for three days. 2 Sam 24: 12, 13.
[8] There was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year. 2 Sam 21: 1.
Elijah stretched himself over the dead boy three times and revived him. 1 Kings 17: 21.
When he had built the altar to Jehovah, Elijah told them to pour water over the burnt offering and over the wood three times. 1 Kings 18: 34.
Fire consumed the captains of fifty sent on two occasions to Elijah, but not the one sent on the third occasion. 2 Kings 1: 13, 14.
It was a sign to King Hezekiah that they were to eat in that year what had grown of itself, and in the second year further growth from the same; but in the third year they were to sow, reap, plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of these. 2 Kings 19: 29.
[9] Daniel went into his house and had the windows open in his [upper] chamber towards Jerusalem, where three times a day he gave thanks on his knees and prayed. Dan. 6: 10, 13.
Daniel was mourning for three whole weeks, not eating pleasant bread, nor drinking wine, nor anointing himself, until the three whole weeks were completed. Dan. 10: 2, 3.
Isaiah went naked and barefoot three years as a sign and a portent against Egypt and against Cush. Isa. 20: 3.
Out of the Lampstand went three branches on either side, and three almond-shaped cups on each branch. Exod. 25: 32, 33.
In the Urim and Thummim there were three precious stones in each row. Exod. 28: 17-20.
[10] In the New Temple there were to be three chambers on this side of the gate and three on that, and all three were to measure the same. And the breadth of the gate to the vestibule of the house was to be three cubits this way and three cubits that. Ezek. 40: 10, 21, 48.
In the New Jerusalem there were to be three gates to the north, three to the east, three to the south, and three to the west. Ezek. 48: 31-34; Rev. 21: 13.
The same may be seen in the following places:
Peter denied Jesus three times. Matt. 26: 34, 69 and following verses. The Lord said to Peter three times, Do you love Me? John 21: 17.
Also, in the parable about the man who planted a vineyard, he sent servants three times, and at length his own son. Luke 20: 12; Mark 12: 2, 4-6.
The labourers in the vineyard were hired at the third hour, the sixth hour, the ninth hour, and the eleventh hour. Matt. 20: 1-17.
And concerning the fig tree which, because it bore no fruit for three years, was to be cut down. Luke 13: 6, 7.
[11] Just as a group of three and a third one were representative, so also was a third part, as in the following:
Minchahs consisted of two tenths of fine flour mixed with a third part of a hin of oil, and the wine for the drink-offering was a third of a hin. Num. 15: 6, 7; Ezek. 46: 14.
In Ezekiel it is said that he was to run a razor over his head and over his beard, and then to divide his hair, burning a third part in the fire, striking a third around the city with his sword, and scattering a third to the wind. Ezek. 5: 1, 2,11.
In Zechariah it is said that in the whole land, two parts were to be cut off, and the third would be left. Yet this third would be led through fire and tested. Zech. 13: 8, 9.
[12] In John it is said that when the first angel sounded there came hail, and fire mixed with blood; and it fell on to the earth so that a third part of the trees were burned. The second angel sounded and so to speak a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea. And a third part of the sea became blood resulting in the death of a third part of the creatures who had their being in the sea. And a third part of the ships was destroyed. The third angel sounded and there fell from the sky a great star burning like a torch and it fell upon a third part of the rivers. The name of the star is Wormwood. The fourth angel sounded and a third part of the sun was struck, and a third part of the moon, and a third part of the stars, so that a third part of these was blacked out, and the day had no light for a third part of it, nor likewise the night. Rev. 8: 7-12.
[13] The four angels were released to kill a third part of mankind. Rev. 9: 15.
A third part of mankind was killed by these three, fire, smoke, and brimstone, which went forth out of the mouths of the horses. Rev. 9: 18.
The dragon drew with his tail a third part of the stars of heaven and cast them down to the earth. Rev. 12: 4.
'A third part' however means something which is not yet finished, whereas 'a third' and 'a group of three' mean that which has been finished - evil in the case of the evil, good in the case of the good.
Latin(1748-1756) 2788
2788. `In die tertio': quod significet completum et principium sanctificationis, constat a significatione `diei tertii'; `dies' in Verbo significat statum, n. 23, 487, 488, 493, 893, sicut etiam `annus,' in genere omnia tempora, ut hora, dies, septimana, mensis, annus, saeculum, ut et mane, meridies, vespera, nox; ac ver, aestas, autumnus, hiems; quibus cum additur tertia vel tertius, significant illius stati finem, et simul status sequentis principium; hic quia de sanctificatione Domini agitur, quae per tentationes, `dies tertius' significat completum et simul principium sanctificationis, ut quoque sequitur ab illis quae praecedunt; causa significationis est quia Dominus cum omnia implevisset, die tertio resurgeret, nam quae a Domino dum vixit in mundo, facta sunt, seu quae fierent, in {1} Ecclesiae repraesentativis fuerunt sicut facta, ut quoque in sensu interno Verbi, in Deo enim [2] fieri et esse idem est, immo omne aeternum est Ipsi praesens; inde numerus ternarius repraesentativus fuit, non modo in Antiqua Ecclesia et in Judaica, sed etiam apud varias gentes, videantur quae de hoc numero dicta sunt, n. 720, 901, 1825; quod ex illa origine, constat apud Hosheam, Revertemur {2} ad Jehovam, quia ille sauciavit, et sanabit nos, percussit, et obligabit nos, vivificabit nos a duobus diebus in die tertio suscitabit nos, ut vivamus coram Ipso, vi 1, 2;ubi `dies tertius' pro Adventu Domini et resurrectione: et a Jona, quod In visceribus piscis fuerit tres dies, et tres noctes, Jon. ii 1 [A.V. i 17];
de quibus ita Dominus apud Matthaeum, Quemadmodum fuit Jonas in ventre ceti tribus diebus et tribus noctibus, sic erit Filius hominis in corde terrae tribus diebus et tribus noctibus, xii 40. Sciendum est quod in sensu interno Verbi `tres dies' [3] idem significent, ut quoque in locis quae sequuntur, tria et tertium:
apud Johannem, Dixit Jesus Judaeis, Solvite templum hoc, in tribus tamen diebus exsuscitabo illud;... Ipse loquebatur de templo corporis Sui, ii 19-21; Matth. xxvi 61; Marc. xiv 58; xv 29:
quod Dominus tertio die resurrexerit, notum est: [4] ideo etiam Dominus distinxit tempora vitae Suae in Tria, apud Lucam, Euntes dicite vulpi isti, Ecce ejicio daemonia, et sanationes perficio hodie et cras, sed tertio die consummor, xiii 32:
Etiam ultimam tentationem, quae erat crucis, sustinuit Dominus hora tertia diei, Marc. xv 25; et post tres horas tenebrae factae sunt super universam terram, seu hora sexta, Luc. xxiii 44; et post tres horas, seu hora nona, finis, Marc. xv 33, 34, 37; Mane autem tertio die resurrexit, Marc. xvi 1-
4; Luc. xxiv 7; videatur Matth. xvi 21; xvii 22, 23; xx 18, 19; Marc. ix 31; viii 31; x 33, 34; Luc. xviii 33; xxiv 46;
inde {3}, et imprimis ex resurrectione Domini die tertio, numerus ternarius repraesentativus et significativus fuit; quod fuerit, constare potest ab his in Verbo locis, Cum Jehovah descenderet super monte Sinai, dixit ad Mosen, ut sanctificaret populum hodie et cras, et ut lavarent vestes suas, et essent parati in diem tertium, quia in die tertio descendet Jehovah, Exod. xix 10, 11, 15, 16:
Cum profecti a monte Jehovae itinere trium dierum, arca Jehovae proficiscebatur coram iis itinere trium dierum ad investigandum iis requiem, Num. x 33:
praeterea quod Fuerit caligo in omni terra Aegypti tres dies, et non viderit vir fratrem suum tres dies, at filiis Israelis fuerit lux, Exod. x 22, 23;
[5] Quod caro sacrificii votivi et spontanei comederetur primo et secundo die, nihil relinqueretur ad diem tertium, sed combureretur,... quia abominatio;
pariter Caro sacrificii Eucharistici, et si comederetur die tertio, non placaretur, sed anima iniquitatem suam portaret, Lev. vii 16-18; xix 6, 7:
Quod tangens mortuum se expiaret die tertio, et die septimo mundus esset; si non, exscinderetur anima illa ex Israele:... et quod spargeret aquam mundus super immundum die tertio et die septimo, Num. xix 12, 13, 19:
Qui in proelio occiderunt animam, et tetigerunt confossum, quod purificarent se die tertio, et die septimo, Num. xxxi 19:
[6] Quod fructus, cum venirent in terram Canaanem, tribus annis esset praeputiatus, et non comederetur, Lev. xix 23:
Quod a fine trium annorum educerent omnes decimas proventus sui in anno isto, et reponerent in portis, ut Levita, peregrinus, pupillus, et vidua, comederent, Deut. xiv 28, 29; xxvi 12:
Quod tribus vicibus in anno, feriarentur Jehovae:... et tribus vicibus in anno compareret omnis masculus ante faciem Domini Jehovae, Exod. xxiii 14, 17: Deut. xvi 16:
Quod Joshua diceret ad populum, quod in tres dies transirent Jordanem, et hereditarent terram, Jos. i II; iii 2:
Quod Jehovah clamaverit ad Samuelem tribus vicibus, ille tertia vice responderet, I Sam. iii 8:
[7] Cum Saul occidere vellet Davidem, quod David se occultaret in agro ad vesperam tertiam:... Jonathan diceret ad Davidem, Explorabo patrem meum tempore crastino tertio:
...quod Jonathan tres sagittas ad latus lapidis jacularetur:
...quodque David coram Jonathane tunc ceciderit super faciem suam ad terram, et incurvaverit se tribus vicibus, I Sam. xx 5, 12, 19, 20, 35, 36, 41:
Quod David eligeret ex tribus unum; vel septem annos famis in terra; vel tribus mensibus fugeret coram hostibus:
vel tribus diebus pestem in terra, 2 Sam. xxiv 12, 13:
[8] Quod fames, diebus Davidis, tribus annis fuerit, anno post annum, 2 Sam. xxi 1:
Quod Elias se mensus super puero mortuo tribus vicibus et vivificaverit illum, 11 Reg. xvii 21:
Elias, cum aedificaverat altare Jehovae, quod diceret, effunderent aquas super holocaustum, et super ligna tribus vicibus, 1 Reg. xviii 34:
Quod ignis consumpserit praefectos super quinquaginta missos ad Eliam binis vicibus, non autem missum tertia vice 2 Reg. i 13 [14]:
Quod esset signum Hizkiae regi, quod comederent eo an sponte natum, in anno secundo ultro crescens, anno autem tertio sererent, meterent, plantarent vineas, et comederent fructum eorum, 2 Reg. xix [29]:
[9] Quod Daniel ingressus domum suam, et fenestrae apertae illi in cenaculo versus Hierosolymam, ubi tribus vicibus in benediceret super genubus, et oraret, Dan. vi 11, 14 [A.V. 10, 13]:
Quod Daniel lugeret tribus septimanis dierum, panem desideriorum non comedens, nec vinum bibens, nec se ungens, usque dum implerentur tres septimanae dierum,Dan.2,3:
Quod Esaias iret nudus et discalceatus tribus annis, in signum et prodigium super Aegypto et super Cusho, Esai. xx 3:
Quod ex Candelabro exirent tres calami utrinque, et tres scyphi amygdalati in quovis calamo, Exod. xxv 32, 33:
Quod in Urim et Thummim essent tres lapides pretiosi in quovis ordine, Exod. xxviii [17, 18], 19 [20]:
[10] Quod in Novo Templo erunt thalami portae tres hinc et in tres illinc, mensura una ternis illis;... ad porticum domus latitudo portae tres ulnae hinc et tres ulnae illinc, Ezech. xl 10, 21, 48:
Quod in Nova Hierosolyma erunt tres portae ad septentrionem, tres ad orientem, tres ad meridiem, et tres ad occidentem, Ezech. xlviii 31-34; Apoc. xxi 13. Similiter in his Quod Petrus ter abnegaverit Jesum, Matth. xxvi 34, 69 seq.:
Quod Dominus dixerit Petro {4} tribus vicibus, Amasne Me? Joh. xxi 17:
Tum in parabola, quod homo, qui plantavit vineam, tribus vicibus miserit servos, tandem filium, Luc. xx 12; Marc. xii 2, 4-6:
Qui laborabant {5} in vinea, quod conducti hora tertia, hora sexta, hora nona, et hora undecima, Matth. xx 1-17:
Et de ficu, quia non ferret fructum per tres annos, quod exscinderetur, Luc. xiii 6, 7. [11] Sicut trinum et tertium erat repraesentativum, etiam erat tertia pars; ut quod {6} Minhae de similagine duae decimae mixtae essent oleo tertia hinis parte, et vinum in libamen esset tertia hinis, Num. xv 6, 7; Ezech. xlvi 14:
apud Ezechielem, Quod traduceret novaculam super caput suum, et super barbam suam,... et dein divideret crines, et tertiam partem igne combureret,...tertiam percuteret gladio circum eam, et tertiam dispergeret in ventum, v 1, 2, 11:
apud Zachariam, Quod in universa terra, duae partes exscinderentur, et tertia relinqueretur, sed duceretur tertia per ignem,...et probaretur, xiii 8, 9:
apud Johannem, [12] Cum clanxit angelus primus, facta est grando, et ignis mixtus sanguine, et cecidit super tertam, ita {7} ut tertia pars arborum combusta sit.... Secundus angelus clanxit, et quasi mons magnus igne ardens projectus est in mare; et facta est tertia pars maris, sanguis, unde mortua tertia pars creaturarum in mari habentium animas; et tertia pars navium corrupta est. Tertius angelus clanxit, et cecidit e caelo stella magna ardens sicut lampas, et cecidit super tertiam partem fluviorum,...nomen stellae absinthium.... Quartus angelus clanxit, ita ut percussa sit tertia pars solis, et tertia pars lunae, et tertia pars stellarum, ut obtenebraretur tertia pars earum, et dies non luceret tertia sui parte, noxque similiter, Apoc. viii 7-12:
[13] Soluti sunt quatuor angeli, ut occiderent tertiam partem hominum, Apoc. ix 15:
A tribus his occisi sunt tertia pars hominum, ab igne, fumo, et sulphure, quod exibat ex ore equorum, Apoc. ix 18:
Draco cauda traxit tertiam partem stellarum caeli, et projecit in tertam, Apoc. xii 4. Sed `tertia pars' significat aliquid, et nondum plenum; at `tertium et {8} trinum' completum, et hoc pro malis malum, et pro bonis bonum. @1 in caelo ut praesentia fuerunt$ @2 A and I have revertentur but cf. 720$ @3 Inde est, quod numerus Ternarius repraesentativus fuerit et significativus;$ @4 i Simoni$ @5 laborarent$ @6 i apud Mosen. This ref. in A followed Num. xxxi 19 above, but directions are given for its transfer to this position. In A the middle part reads mixto oleo essent tertia hinis.$ @7 Many N.T. MSS i [ ]$ @8 seu$