John

John 2:19–21

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

²⁰“This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”

²¹But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Jesus	Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2424 Jesus
answered	Ἀπεκρίθη	Apekrithē	Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G611 I answer, reply
Destroy	Λύσατε	Lysate	Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G3089 I loose, untie, release, destroy
this	τοῦτον	touton	Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G3778 this, he, she, it
temple	ναὸν	naon	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G3485 a temple, shrine
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
in	ἐν	en	Preposition	G1722 in, on, among
three	τρισὶν	trisin	Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural	G5140 three
days	ἡμέραις	hēmerais	Noun - Dative Feminine Plural	G2250 a day
I will raise it up again	ἐγερῶ	egerō	Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular	G1453 I wake, arouse, raise up

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
This	οὗτος	houtos	Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3778 this, he, she, it
temple	ναὸς	naos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3485 a temple, shrine
forty-six	Τεσσεράκοντα	Tesserakonta	Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural	G5062 forty
years	ἔτεσιν	etesin	Noun - Dative Neuter Plural	G2094 a year
to build	οἰκοδομήθη	oikodomēthē	Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G3618 I build, build up, edify
the	οἱ	hoi	Article - Nominative Masculine Plural	G3588 the
Jews	Ἰουδαῖοι	Ioudaioi	Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural	G2453 Jewish
replied	Εἶπαν	Eipan	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing)
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
You	σὺ	sy	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Singular	G4771 you
are going to raise it up	ἐγερεῖς	egereis	Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular	G1453 I wake, arouse, raise up
in	ἐν	en	Preposition	G1722 in, on, among
three	τρισὶν	trisin	Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural	G5140 three
days	ἡμέραις	hēmerais	Noun - Dative Feminine Plural	G2250 a day

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But	δὲ	de	Conjunction	G1161 but, on the other hand, and
was speaking	ἔλεγεν	elegen	Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing)
about	περὶ	peri	Preposition	G4012 about, concerning, around
the	τοῦ	tou	Article - Genitive Masculine Singular	G3588 the
temple	ναοῦ	naou	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G3485 a temple, shrine
His	αὐτοῦ	autou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
body	σώματος	sōmatos	Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular	G4983 body, flesh

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

John 2:19 Mark 14:58 · Mark 15:29 · Matthew 27:40 · Matthew 26:60–61 · Matthew 12:40 · Romans 8:11 · John 10:17–18 · Acts 2:32 · Acts 2:24 · Acts 3:15 · 1 Peter 3:18 · 1 Corinthians 15:3–4

John 2:21 1 Corinthians 6:19 · 1 Corinthians 3:16 · Ephesians 2:20–22 · Colossians 2:9 · Hebrews 8:2 · Colossians 1:19 · John 1:14 · 2 Corinthians 6:16 · 1 Peter 2:4–5

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.