John
John 2:20
20“This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.