Tris marks an action, event, or denial as occurring on three occasions in the biblical passages supplied.

The term marks a count of three occurrences: most visibly Peter’s predicted denial in the Gospel sayings, but also repeated events, repeated suffering, and repeated pleading in the other supplied verses.

1. Marking three occurrences · dominant

   The adverb identifies an action or event as occurring on three occasions. In John 13:38, Luke 22:34, Mark 14:30, and Matthew 26:75, the APB renders the predicted or remembered denial as occurring “three times”; in Acts 10:16 and 2 Corinthians 12:8, it similarly presents a repeated event and repeated pleading.

   John 13:38Luke 22:34Mark 14:30Matthew 26:75Acts 10:162 Corinthians 12:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB generally makes the count explicit with “three times,” including denials, events, pleas, beatings, and shipwrecks. These English phrases confirm the clauses’ threefold count rather than establish a separate nuance.