John 2:20
18 On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”
19 Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
“This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”
21 But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.
22 After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”
- KJV
- Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
- WEB
- The Jews therefore said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple! Will you raise it up in three days?”
- ASV
- The Jews therefore said, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days?
- DARBY
- The Jews therefore said, Forty and six years was this temple building, and thou wilt raise it up in three days?
- BLB
- Therefore the Jews said, “This temple was built [in] forty and six years, and You will raise it up in three days?”
- ÅB
- Da sa jødene: I seks og førti år har det vært bygget på dette tempel, og du vil gjenreise det på tre dager?
- OTB
- De svarte: "Det har tatt førtiseks år å bygge dette tempelet, og du vil reise det opp på tre dager?"
- B1930
- Da sa jødene: I seks og firti år har det vært bygget på dette tempel, og du vil gjenreise det på tre dager?