John 2:20

Conservative English Version

The leaders replied, "It took forty-six years to build this temple. What makes you think you can rebuild it in three days?"

Cross References

1 Kings 6:38

Seven years later the workers finished building it during Bul, the eighth month of the year. It was built exactly as it had been planned.

Ezra 5:16

Sheshbazzar then went to Jerusalem and laid the foundation for the temple, and the work is still going on.

Matthew 24:1

After Jesus left the temple, his disciples came over and said, "Look at all these buildings!"

Luke 21:5

Some people were talking about the beautiful stones used to build the temple and about the gifts that had been placed in it. Jesus said,

John 1:19

The Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and temple helpers to ask John who he was. He told them plainly, "I am not the Messiah."

1 Corinthians 15:4

He was buried, and three days later he was raised to life, as the Scriptures say.