John 2:19
New International Version
Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”

New Living Translation
“All right,” Jesus replied. “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

English Standard Version
Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

Berean Standard Bible
Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”

Berean Literal Bible
Jesus answered and said to them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."

King James Bible
Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

New King James Version
Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

New American Standard Bible
Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

NASB 1995
Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

NASB 1977
Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Jesus answered them, “Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.”

Amplified Bible
Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

Christian Standard Bible
Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it up in three days.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jesus answered, “Destroy this sanctuary, and I will raise it up in three days.”

American Standard Version
Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Yeshua answered and said to them: “Tear down this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

Contemporary English Version
"Destroy this temple," Jesus answered, "and in three days I will build it again!"

Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus answered, and said to them: Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

English Revised Version
Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus replied, "Tear down this temple, and I'll rebuild it in three days."

Good News Translation
Jesus answered, "Tear down this Temple, and in three days I will build it again."

International Standard Version
Jesus answered them, "Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will rebuild it."

Literal Standard Version
Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

Majority Standard Bible
Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”

New American Bible
Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.”

NET Bible
Jesus replied, "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up again."

New Revised Standard Version
Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

New Heart English Bible
Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."

Webster's Bible Translation
Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

Weymouth New Testament
"Demolish this Sanctuary," said Jesus, "and in three days I will rebuild it."

World English Bible
Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

Young's Literal Translation
Jesus answered and said to them, 'Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.'

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
18On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?” 19Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.” 20“This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”…

Cross References
Matthew 16:21
From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

Matthew 26:61
and declared, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.'"

Matthew 27:40
and saying, "You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"

Mark 14:58
"We heard Him say, 'I will destroy this man-made temple, and in three days I will build another that is made without hands.'"

Mark 15:29
And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, "Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

John 10:18
No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father."

Acts 6:14
For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us."


Treasury of Scripture

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

Destroy.

Matthew 26:60,61
But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, …

Matthew 27:40
And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

Mark 14:58
We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.

and in.

Matthew 12:40
For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Matthew 27:63
Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.

I will.

John 5:19
Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

John 10:17,18
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again…

John 11:25
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

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John 2
1. Jesus turns water into wine;
12. departs into Capernaum,
13. and to Jerusalem,
14. where he purges the temple of buyers and sellers.
18. He foretells his death and resurrection.
23. Many believe because of his miracles, but he will not trust himself with them.














(19) Here, as in Matthew 12:38, a sign is given referring to His resurrection. The sign is in its nature an enigma, meaningless to him who does not seek to understand it, but full of meaning for him who earnestly examines into the thing signified, and in such a form as impresses itself on the memory and educates the moral powers. We have had an example of this enigmatic teaching in John 1:15; John 1:27; John 1:30. We shall meet with others. (Comp. John 4, 6; John 16:25.) The enigma turns in the present case upon the double sense of the word "temple." It meant the sacred shrine of the Deity, the Holy and Most Holy place, as distinct from the wider Temple area. But the true shrine of the Deity was the body of the Incarnate Word. The Temple of wood and stone was but the representative of the Divine Presence. That Presence was then actually in their midst. They had no reverence for the one; for, like its outer courts, it had become a house of merchandise, and was fast becoming a den of thieves. This very demand for an outward sign, while all around them feel a spiritual power, shows they have as little reverence for the other. They will destroy the real shrine; the shrine of wood and stone even will not be left to represent a Presence no longer among them. He will raise up the temple of His body the third day, and in that resurrection will be the foundation stone of the spiritual temple for the world. The use of the word "temple" by the Jews in this double sense is attested by their interpretation of the Old Testament. We have an example of the use of "tabernacle" in a parallel sense in John 1:14 (comp. 2Peter 1:13-14), and the full idea of a spiritual worship and presence in John 4:21-24. The sign may have been suggested by the double thought then present--the Jews destroying the sanctity of the material Temple, the disciples seeing in Him one consumed by zeal for it. (Comp. 1Corinthians 3:16-17.) . . .

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Jesus
Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

answered,
Ἀπεκρίθη (Apekrithē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 611: From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.

“Destroy
Λύσατε (Lysate)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 3089: A primary verb; to 'loosen'.

this
τοῦτον (touton)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

temple,
ναὸν (naon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3485: A temple, a shrine, that part of the temple where God himself resides. From a primary naio; a fane, shrine, temple.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

three
τρισὶν (trisin)
Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's 5140: Three. Or neuter tria a primary number; 'three'.

days
ἡμέραις (hēmerais)
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset.

I will raise it up again.”
ἐγερῶ (egerō)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1453: (a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up. Probably akin to the base of agora; to waken, i.e. Rouse.


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