John 2:19 - Plain English Version19 Jesus said to them, “If you knock down this house of God, I will build it again in 3 days.” Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176919 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition19 Jesus answered them, Destroy (undo) this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible19 Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple and in three days I’ll raise it up.” Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version19 Jesus responded and said to them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." Ver Capítulo |
All of us have done wrong things, so we should die, but Jesus Christ died instead of us. He took the payback for the bad things we did. He never did anything wrong himself, but he died instead of us, so that we can go to God and become his family. Jesus died just once, but God remembers it for ever. People killed Jesus, but God’s spirit made him alive again.
Then Jesus told his followers about the bad things that were going to happen to him. He said, “I am God’s special man from heaven, but our Jewish elders, and our ceremony bosses, and our law teachers, they will all reckon I’m no good. They will hurt me badly in lots of ways, and they will kill me. I will be dead for 2 nights, then on the 3rd day I will come alive again.”
You know, after you became a Christian, the church leaders baptised you. You went into the water, then you came up out of it. In that ceremony, it’s like you did what Jesus did. He died, and it’s like that bad part of your spirit died. And God made him alive again, and he came up out of the grave. And now you believe that God has strong power, and your spirit is joined to Jesus, so God’s power makes your spirit alive too, just like he made Jesus alive again.