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John 2:20

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The Jews therefore said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple! Will you raise it up in three days?”

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John 2:20 in other translations

The Jews therefore said, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days?

John 2:20 · American Standard Version

John 2:20 in context

  1. 18The Jews therefore answered him, “What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?”
  2. 19Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
  3. 20The Jews therefore said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple! Will you raise it up in three days?”
  4. 21But he spoke of the temple of his body.
  5. 22When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this, and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.