18 So the Jews replied to him, “What sign will you show us for doing these things?”

19 Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple,[a](A) and I will raise it up in three days.”(B)

20 Therefore the Jews said, “This temple took forty-six years to build,[b] and will you raise it up in three days?” (C)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:19 Or sanctuary, also in vv. 20,21
  2. 2:20 Or was built forty-six years ago

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?”

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