John 2:19

Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

18So the Jews answered and asked Him, “What sign do You show to us, since You do these things?”

20Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?”

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Cross References

John 10:17For this reason the Father sincerely loves me, because I lay down my life, so that I may take it up again.

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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