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John 2:19
New English Translation
John 2:19
New English Translation
19 Jesus replied,[a] “Destroy[b] this temple and in three days I will raise it up again.”
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- John 2:19 tn Grk “answered and said to them.”
- John 2:19 tn The imperative here is really more than a simple conditional imperative (= “if you destroy”); its semantic force here is more like the ironical imperative found in the prophets (Amos 4:4, Isa 8:9) = “Go ahead and do this and see what happens.”
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