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  • John 2:20
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 20 The Jews then said: “This temple was built in 46 years, and will you raise it up in three days?”

  • John 2:20
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 20 εἶπαν Said οὖν therefore οἱ the Ἰουδαῖοι Jews Τεσσεράκοντα Forty καὶ and ἓξ six ἔτεσιν to years οἰκοδομήθη was built ὁ the ναὸς divine habitation οὗτος, this, καὶ and σὺ you ἐν in τρισὶν three ἡμέραις days ἐγερεῖς will raise up αὐτόν; it?

  • John 2:20
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 20 Therefore the Jews said: “This temple was built in forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?”

  • John 2:20
    The Bible in Living English
    • 20 So the Jews said “It took forty-six years to build this temple, and will you set it up in three days?”

  • John 2:20
    American Standard Version
    • 20 The Jews therefore said, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days?

  • John 2:20
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 20 The Jews therefore said—In forty and six years was this shrine built. And thou in three days wilt raise it!

  • John 2:20
    King James Version
    • 20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 2:20 it-2 45, 1079; w08 4/15 30; w97 6/15 12

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 2:20 w80 8/15 15; w77 30-31; ad 913, 1584; w66 650; g66 3/8 29; g63 9/22 28; w60 494

  • John
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 2:20

      Insight, Volume 2, pp. 45, 1079

      The Watchtower,

      4/15/2008, p. 30

      6/15/1997, pp. 12-13

  • John Study Notes—Chapter 2
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 2:20

      This temple was built in 46 years: The Jews were referring to the temple rebuilding work done by King Herod. The first temple in Jerusalem, built by Solomon, was destroyed by the Babylonians in 607 B.C.E. It was rebuilt under the direction of Zerubbabel after the Babylonian captivity. (Ezr 6:13-15; Hag 2:2-4) According to Josephus (Jewish Antiquities, XV, 380 [xi, 1]), Herod started his rebuilding project in the 18th year of his reign. If counted in the way that the Jews viewed the regnal years of their kings, that could mean 18/17 B.C.E. Actually, work continued on the temple in the form of additions until six years before its destruction in 70 C.E.

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