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.

²³ Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival,^(H) many people saw the signs^(I) he was performing and believed^(J) in his name.^{[a] 24} But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. ²⁵ He did not need any testimony about mankind,^(K) for he knew what was in each person.^(L)

Jesus Teaches Nicodemus

3 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus^(M) who was a member of the Jewish ruling council.^{(N) 2} He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi,^(O) we know^(P) that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs^(Q) you are doing if God were not with him.”^(R)