King James Version (KJV)

John 2:19

“Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.›”

Verse in context — John 2

And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.

Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?

Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.›

Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

But he spake of the temple of his body.

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