20The Jews replied, "It has taken forty- six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?"


In Context

17 His disciples remembered that it is written: "Zeal for your house will consume me."

18 Then the Jews demanded of him, "What miraculous sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?"

19 Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days."

20 The Jews replied, "It has taken forty- six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?"

21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body.

22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.

John 2:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:20Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:20The Jews then said: Six and forty years was this temple in building; and wilt thou raise it up in three days?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:20The Jews therefore said, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20The Jews therefore said, Forty and six years was this temple building, and thou wilt raise it up in three days?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:20The Jews therefore said, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20The Jews therefore said, |It took forty-six years to build this temple! Will you raise it up in three days?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20The Jews, therefore, said, 'Forty and six years was this sanctuary building, and wilt thou in three days raise it up?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:20Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and will you raise it up in three days?