John 2:18-22 (New International Version)
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Then the Jews1 demanded of him, "What miraculous sign2 can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?"3
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Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days."4
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The Jews replied, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?"
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But the temple he had spoken of was his body.5
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After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said.6 Then they believed the Scripture7 and the words that Jesus had spoken.
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