John 2:19–21

19 Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple,* a and I will raise it up in three days.”b

20 Therefore the Jews said, “This temple took forty-six years to build,B and will you raise it up in three days?”c

21 But he was speaking about the temple of his body.d

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*	* Jn 2:20 Jn 2:21
a	Lk 1:21
b	Lk 9:22
B	Or was built forty-six years ago
c	Mk 15:29
d	Mt 26:26 Mt 27:52 Mt 27:58 Mk 14:22 Mk 15:43 Lk 12:4 Lk 22:19 Lk 23:52 Lk 23:55 Jn 19:31 Jn 19:38 Jn 19:40 Jn 20:12 1 Co 10:16 1 Co 11:23–26 Heb 10:5 Heb 10:10 1 Pe 2:24