18 (A)The Jews then said to Him, “(B)What sign do You show us [a]as your authority for doing these things?” 19 Jesus answered them, (C)Destroy this [b]temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 (D)The Jews then said, “It took (E)forty-six years to build this [c]temple, and yet You will raise it up in three days?” 21 But He was speaking about (F)the [d]temple of His body. 22 So when He was raised from the dead, His (G)disciples (H)remembered that He said this; and they believed (I)the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.

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Footnotes

  1. John 2:18 Lit that You do these
  2. John 2:19 Or sanctuary
  3. John 2:20 Or sanctuary
  4. John 2:21 Or sanctuary

18 The Jews(A) then responded to him, “What sign(B) can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”(C)

19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”(D)

20 They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” 21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body.(E) 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said.(F) Then they believed the scripture(G) and the words that Jesus had spoken.

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