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


In Context

17 And his disciples remembered that it is written, 'The zeal of Thy house did eat me up;'

18 the Jews then answered and said to him, 'What sign dost thou shew to us — that thou dost these things?'

19 Jesus answered and said to them, 'Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.'

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

21 but he spake concerning the sanctuary of his body;

22 when, then, he was raised out of the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this to them, and they believed the Writing, and the word that Jesus said.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:20The Jews replied, "It has taken forty- six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it 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 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?