Jesus Cleanses the Temple
John 2:19
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
- KJV
- Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
- WEB
- Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
- ASV
- Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
- LSV
- Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
- YLT
- Jesus answered and said to them, 'Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.'
- DBY
- Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
- DRC
- Jesus answered, and said to them: Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
- GNV
- Iesus answered, and said vnto them, Destroy this Temple, and in three daies I will raise it vp againe.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus include ὁ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Λύσατε τὸν ναὸν τοῦτον καὶ ἐν τρισὶν ἡμέραις ἐγερῶ αὐτόν.
- RP2018
- Ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Λύσατε τὸν ναὸν τοῦτον, καὶ ἐν τρισὶν ἡμέραις ἐγερῶ αὐτόν.
- TR-Boyd
- Ἀπεκρίθη ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Λύσατε τὸν ναὸν τοῦτον, καὶ ἐν τρισὶν ἡμέραις ἐγερῶ αὐτόν.
- SCR1894
- απεκριθη ο ιησους και ειπεν αυτοις λυσατε τον ναον τουτον και εν τρισιν ημεραις εγερω αυτον
Who and where
👤 Jesus Christ◆ First Passover and Temple Cleansing
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Cross-references most cited first
- 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 15:29And 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,
- Matthew 27:40and 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!”
- Matthew 26:60–61But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
- Matthew 12:40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- Romans 8:11And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.
- John 10:17–18The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again. 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.…
- Acts 2:32God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.
- Acts 2:24But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.
- Acts 3:15You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.
- 1 Peter 3:18For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
- Romans 6:4We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
- 1 Corinthians 15:3–4For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
- Mark 8:31Then He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and after three days rise again.
- John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
- Matthew 27:63“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
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