KJV 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?
VERSE STUDY • KJV
John 2:20
Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”
WEB World English Bible
The Jews therefore said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple! Will you raise it up in three days?”
ASV American Standard Version
The Jews therefore said, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The Jews, therefore, said, ‘Forty and six years was this sanctuary building, and wilt thou in three days raise it up?’
Surrounding context — John 2
17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
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.
23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast [day], many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
εἶπανG2036 · eiponto sayοὖνG3767 · ountherefore/thenοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoἸουδαῖοι·G2453 · IoudaiosJewτεσσεράκονταG5062 · tessarakontafortyκαὶG2532 · kaiandἓξG1803 · hexsixἔτεσινG2094 · etosyearοἰκοδομήθηG3618 · oikodomeōto buildὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoναὸςG3485 · naostempleοὗτος,G3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itκαὶG2532 · kaiandσὺG4771 · suyouἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτρισὶνG5140 · treisThreeἡμέραιςG2250 · hēmeradayἐγερεῖςG1453 · egeirōto ariseαὐτόν;G846 · autosit/s/he
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