19 Jesus answered them, (A)“Destroy this temple, and in three days (B)I will raise it up.” 20 The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple,[a] and will you raise it up in three days?” 21 But he was speaking about (C)the temple of his body. 22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, (D)his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed (E)the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

Jesus Knows What Is in Man

23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name (F)when they saw the signs that he was doing. 24 But Jesus (G)on his part did not entrust himself to them, because (H)he knew all people 25 and needed no one to bear witness about man, for (I)he himself knew what was in man.

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  1. John 2:20 Or This temple was built forty-six years ago

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

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.(B) 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said.(C) Then they believed the scripture(D) and the words that Jesus had spoken.

23 Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival,(E) many people saw the signs(F) he was performing and believed(G) 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,(H) for he knew what was in each person.(I)

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  1. John 2:23 Or in him