John 2:20-22

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

²⁰ Then the Jews replied, It took forty-six years to build this temple (sanctuary), and will You raise it up in three days?

²¹ But He had spoken of the temple which was His body.

²² When therefore He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this. And so they believed and trusted and relied on the Scripture and the word (message) Jesus had spoken.^(A)