John 2:20

The Jews then said: Six and forty years was this temple in building; and wilt thou raise it up in three days?

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

In Context

19Jesus answered, and said to them: Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

21But he spoke of the temple of his body.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:1And Jesus being come out of the temple, went away. And his disciples came to shew him the buildings of the temple.

Matthew Henry on John 2:13-23

Temple-Merchandise Punished; Christ's Death and Resurrection Foretold. 12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days. 13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, 14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: 15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the… Read the whole commentary →

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