"This Temple," replied the Jews, "has been forty-six years in building, and are you going to 'raise it in three days'?"
Leaving the Temple Courts, Jesus was walking away, when his disciples came up to draw his attention to the Temple buildings.
When some of them spoke about the Temple being decorated with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus said:
When the Jews sent some Priests and Levites to John from Jerusalem, to ask--"Who are you?", his statement was this:
That he was buried, that on the third day he was raised (as the Scriptures had foretold),