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John 2:20-22
English Standard Version
John 2:20-22
English Standard Version
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 (A)the temple of his body. 22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, (B)his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed (C)the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
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- John 2:20 Or This temple was built forty-six years ago
John 2:20-22
New Living Translation
John 2:20-22
New Living Translation
20 “What!” they exclaimed. “It has taken forty-six years to build this Temple, and you can rebuild it in three days?” 21 But when Jesus said “this temple,” he meant his own body. 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this, and they believed both the Scriptures and what Jesus had said.
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John 2:20-22
New International Version
John 2:20-22
New International Version
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.(A) 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said.(B) Then they believed the scripture(C) and the words that Jesus had spoken.
John 2:20-22
King James Version
John 2:20-22
King James Version
20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
21 But he spake of the temple of his body.
22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
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