The Jews therefore said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple! Will you raise it up in three days?”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 2:20 in context
John 2:17–23
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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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When 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.
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Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in his name, observing his signs which he did.
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