In his eleventh year in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the temple was completed in every detail and according to every specification. So he built it in seven years.
John 2:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Therefore the Jews said, ‘This temple took forty-six years to build, and will you raise it up in three days? ’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then the Jews replied, It took forty-six years to build this temple (sanctuary), and will You raise it up in three days? American Standard Version (1901) The Jews therefore said, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days? Common English Bible The Jewish leaders replied, “It took forty-six years to build this temple, and you will raise it up in three days?” Catholic Public Domain Version Then the Jews said, "This temple has been built up over forty-six years, and you will raise it up in three days?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Jews then said: Six and forty years was this temple in building; and wilt thou raise it up in three days? |
In his eleventh year in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the temple was completed in every detail and according to every specification. So he built it in seven years.
Then this same Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of God’s house in Jerusalem. It has been under construction from that time until now, but it has not been completed.
As Jesus left and was going out of the temple, his disciples came up and called his attention to its buildings.
As some were talking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, he said,
This was John’s testimony when the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, ‘Who are you? ’
that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,