John 2:19

19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”

John 2:19 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
19 Jesus answered and said unto them,Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
English Standard Version (ESV)
19 Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
New Living Translation (NLT)
19 “All right,” Jesus replied. “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
The Message Bible (MSG)
19 Jesus answered, "Tear down this Temple and in three days I'll put it back together."
American Standard Version (ASV)
19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
19 Jesus replied, "Tear down this temple, and I'll rebuild it in three days."
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
19 Jesus answered, "Destroy this sanctuary, and I will raise it up in three days."
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
19 Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple. I will raise it up again in three days."

John 2:19 Meaning and Commentary

John 2:19

Jesus answered and said unto them
In a dark and enigmaticai way, though very properly and pertinently; since it was with respect to the temple, and his power over it, and right to purge it, that a sign was required of him:

destroy this temple;
pointing, as it were, with his finger to his body; for of that he spake, as appears from ( John 2:21 ) , the dissolution of which, by death he means, the separation of his soul from his body, though not of either from his divine person: and it is to be understood, not as a command, or a grant, or as an exhortation, and advice to them, to kill his body; but rather as a prophecy of what they would do; or as putting the case, that should they, as he knew they would, destroy his body, then says he, as a sign of having a power to do what I have done,

in three days I will raise it again;
by which he would appear to be the Son of God, with power, that had power of laying down his life, and taking it up again; and is the very sign, namely, his resurrection from the dead on the third day, he gives the Jews, when they sought one of him at another time, and upon another occasion.

John 2:19 In-Context

17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
18 The Jews then responded to him, “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”
19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”
20 They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?”
21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Matthew 16:21; Matthew 26:61; Matthew 27:40; Mark 14:58; Mark 15:29; Acts 6:14
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