John 2:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The Jews said, The building of this Temple took forty-six years; and you will put it up in three days!

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  • John 2:16-19
    4 verses
    91%

    16And to those who were trading in doves he said, Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a market.

    17And it came to the minds of the disciples that the Writings say, I am on fire with passion for your house.

    18Then the Jews put this question to him: What sign of authority have you to give us, seeing that you do these things?

    19And Jesus said to them, Send destruction on this Temple and I will put it up again in three days.

  • John 2:21-22
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    83%

    21But his words were about that holy building which was his body.

    22So when he had come back again from the dead, the memory of these words came back to the disciples, and they had faith in the holy Writings and in the word which Jesus had said.

  • Mark 14:57-58
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    81%

    57Then some got up and gave false witness against him, saying,

    58He said in our hearing, I will put an end to this Temple which is made with hands, and in three days I will make another without hands.

  • Matt 26:61
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    61But later there came two who said, This man said, I am able to give the Temple of God to destruction, and to put it up again in three days.

  • Mark 15:29
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    29And those who went by made sport of him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ha! you who give the Temple to destruction, and put it up again in three days,

  • Matt 27:40
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    40You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

  • Luke 21:5-6
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    71%

    5And some were talking about the Temple, how it was made fair with beautiful stones and with offerings, but he said,

    6As for these things which you see, the days will come when not one stone will be resting on another, but all will be broken down.

  • Mark 13:1-2
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    1And when he was going out of the Temple, one of his disciples said to him, Master, see, what stones and what buildings!

    2And Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? there is not one stone here resting on another which will not be overturned.

  • John 8:57
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    57Then the Jews said to him, You are not fifty years old; have you seen Abraham?

  • John 2:13
    69%

    13The time of the Passover of the Jews was near and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

  • John 8:20
    69%

    20Jesus said these words in the place where the offerings were stored, while he was teaching in the Temple: but no man took him because his time was still to come.

  • Luke 2:46
    69%

    46And after three days they came across him in the Temple, seated among the wise men, giving ear to their words and putting questions to them.

  • Matt 24:1-2
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    1And Jesus went out of the Temple, and on the way his disciples came to him, pointing out the buildings of the Temple.

    2But he, answering, said to them, See you not all these things? truly I say to you that here there will not be one stone resting on another, which will not be pulled down.

  • John 10:31
    68%

    31Then the Jews took up stones again to send at him.

  • Matt 27:63
    68%

    63Saying, Sir, we have in mind how that false man said, while he was still living, After three days I will come again from the dead.

  • 1 Kgs 6:17
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    17And the house, that is, the Temple, in front of the holy place was forty cubits long.

  • Ezra 5:9
    67%

    9Then we said to the men responsible, who gave you authority for the building of this house and these walls?

  • Luke 19:45-46
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    45And he went into the Temple and put out those who were trading there,

    46Saying to them, It has been said, My house is to be a house of prayer, but you have made it a hole of thieves.

  • Matt 21:42
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    42Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

  • John 11:17
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    17Now when Jesus came, he made the discovery that Lazarus had been put into the earth four days before.

  • John 4:20
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    20Our fathers gave worship on this mountain, but you Jews say that the right place for worship is in Jerusalem.

  • John 10:23-24
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    23And Jesus was walking in the Temple, in Solomon's covered way.

    24Then the Jews came round him, saying, how long are you going to keep us in doubt? If you are the Christ, say so clearly.

  • Mark 12:11
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    11This was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

  • Ezek 42:3
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    3Opposite the space of twenty cubits which was part of the inner square, and opposite the stone floor of the outer square. There were covered ways facing one another on the third floor.

  • Matt 12:40
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    40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the great fish, so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

  • John 10:33
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    33This was their answer: We are not stoning you for a good work but for evil words; because being a man you make yourself God.

  • Matt 12:6
    67%

    6But I say to you that a greater thing than the Temple is here.

  • John 19:42
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    42So they put Jesus there, because it was the Jews' day of getting ready for the Passover, and the place was near.

  • John 11:56
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    56They were looking for Jesus and saying to one another while they were in the Temple, What is your opinion? Will he not come to the feast?

  • Ezra 4:1
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    1Now news came to the haters of Judah and Benjamin that the people who had come back were building a Temple to the Lord, the God of Israel;

  • Mark 11:16
    66%

    16And he would not let any man take a vessel through the Temple.

  • John 11:8
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    8The disciples said to him, Master, the Jews were attempting only the other day to have you stoned, and are you going back there again?

  • Neh 4:2
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    2And in the hearing of his countrymen and the army of Samaria he said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they make themselves strong? will they make offerings? will they get the work done in a day? will they make the stones which have been burned come again out of the dust?

  • John 11:36
    66%

    36So the Jews said, See how dear he was to him!

  • John 7:2
    66%

    2But the feast of the Jews, the feast of tents, was near.

  • Mark 11:27
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    27And they came again to Jerusalem: and while he was walking in the Temple, there came to him the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority:

  • John 7:11
    66%

    11At the feast the Jews were looking for him and saying, Where is he?

  • Luke 20:2
    66%

    2That the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people came to him and said, Make clear to us by what authority you do these things and who gave you this authority.

  • Rev 11:2
    66%

    2But do not take the measure of the space outside the house; because it has been given to the nations: and the holy town will be under their feet for forty-two months.

  • Neh 6:15
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    15So the wall was complete on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.