John 2:20

Forty and six years has this temple been in building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days? but He spake of the temple of his body.

1770 John Worsley NT

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 unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again: then said the Jews,

21Therefore when he was risen from the dead,

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Cross References

Matthew 24:1And as Jesus went out, and was departing from the temple, his disciples came to observe to Him the magnificent buildings.

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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