John 2:20

New International Version

They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?”

Cross References

1 Kings 6:38

In the eleventh year in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in all its details according to its specifications. He had spent seven years building it.

Ezra 5:16

“So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of the house of God in Jerusalem. From that day to the present it has been under construction but is not yet finished.”

Matthew 24:1

Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings.

Luke 21:5

Some of his disciples were remarking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and with gifts dedicated to God. But Jesus said,

John 1:19

Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.

1 Corinthians 15:4

that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,