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John 2:20
The Jews, therefore, said, `Forty and six years was this sanctuary building, and wilt thou in three days raise it up?'
John 2:20 · Young's Literal Translation
John 2:20 in other translations
Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
“This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”
The Jews therefore said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple! Will you raise it up in three days?”
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In context
17 And his disciples remembered that it is written, `The zeal of Thy house did eat me up;'
18 the Jews then answered and said to him, `What sign dost thou shew to us--that thou dost these things?'
19 Jesus answered and said to them, `Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.'
20 The Jews, therefore, said, `Forty and six years was this sanctuary building, and wilt thou in three days raise it up?'
21 but he spake concerning the sanctuary of his body;
22 when, then, he was raised out of the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this to them, and they believed the Writing, and the word that Jesus said.
23 And as he was in Jerusalem, in the passover, in the feast, many believed in his name, beholding his signs that he was doing;
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