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The Jews then said to him, "What sign can you show us for doing this?"
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Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
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The Jews then said, "This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?"
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But he was speaking of the temple of his body.
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After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
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