The Jews therefore answered him, “What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 2:18 in context
John 2:15–21
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He made a whip of cords and drove all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers’ money and overthrew their tables.
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To those who sold the doves, he said, “Take these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a marketplace!”
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His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will eat me up.”
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The Jews therefore answered him, “What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?”
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Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
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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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But he spoke of the temple of his body.
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