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<p> I pause over this number to make a short observation concerning what we read of the sacred Three in one described by the [[Apostle]] John, and which bears a beautiful and glorious correspondence to all the testimonies of the holy writers in the Bible. "For there are three that bear record in Heaven, the Father, the Son and Holy Ghost, and these three are one." (&nbsp;1 John 5:7) It is somewhat remarkable that the word Trinity is never used by any of the sacred writers: that is to say, by the translators of the Bible into our mother tongue, while they are so express in numberless instances, giving the sum and substance of it. [[Evidently]] many of the old Rabbi gave distinct names to each glorious person of the GODHEAD, as their writings testify. They called the Father, JEHOVAH, and the Son, the Word or Memur: and the Holy Ghost, Ruach. And they expressed the union of those Three [[Glorious]] persons by the word Shalithith, which is as near as possible the word Trinity. It must be confessed, (for it maybe be very safely allowed without the smallest injury to the true faith,) that there are numbers among the [[Jews]] of modern times, who from the ignorance of their mind and blinded understanding, are looking for the [[Messiah]] in the simple humanity of the man, and know nothing of [[Jehovah]] in his threefold personality of character. But these do by no means invalidate the true faith, any more than [[Socinians]] and Arians, by their denial of the [[Godhead]] of Christ. The ancient descendants of Abraham, and it is to be hoped the modern stock of Israel, though overlooking the time, have lost not sight of his [[Almighty]] person. They know what the prophet said to be true concerning the Messiah, and expected him in that character. "Behold, your God shall come and save you." (&nbsp;Isaiah 35:4) </p>

<div> '''1: τρέχω ''' (Strong'S #5143 — Verb — treis — trekh'-o ) </div> <p> is regarded by many as a number sometimes symbolically indicating fullness of testimony or manifestation, as in the three persons in the Godhead, cp. &nbsp;1 Timothy 5:19; &nbsp;Hebrews 10:28; the mention in &nbsp;1 John 5:7 is in a verse which forms no part of the original; no Greek ms. earlier than the 14th century contained it; no version earlier than the 5th cent. in any other language contains it, nor is it quoted by any of the Greek or Latin "Fathers" in their writings on the Trinty. That there are those who bear witness in Heaven is not borne out by any other Scripture. It must be regarded as the interpolation of a copyist. </p> &nbsp;Mark 9:31&nbsp;10:34&nbsp; Matthew 17:23&nbsp;20:19&nbsp;Luke 9:22&nbsp;18:33&nbsp;Acts 10:40Thrice.

<p> THREE, a. L. tres. </p> 1. Two and one. <p> I offer thee three things. &nbsp;2 Samuel 24 . </p> 2. It is often used like other adjectives, without the noun to which it refers. <p> Abishai--attained not to the first three. &nbsp;2 Samuel 23 </p> 3. Proverbially, a small number. <p> Away, thou three-inched fool. I believe obsolete. </p>

<p> <strong> [[Three]] </strong> . See Number, § <strong> 7 </strong> . </p>

<p> See [[Numbers]] AS SYMBOLS. </p>