20 Then the Jews said, “This temple has been under construction[a] forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?” 21 But he was speaking about the temple of his body. 22 So when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the saying that Jesus had spoken.

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Footnotes

  1. John 2:20 This translation of the aorist verb is based on a very close parallel in Ezra 5:16 (LXX), where it is clear from the following verb that the construction had not yet been completed

20 They 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.(A) 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said.(B) Then they believed the scripture(C) and the words that Jesus had spoken.

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