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John 2:20

Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

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εἶπανeipanto sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).saidοὖνounthereforeοὖνconjunction — “therefore”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “therefore”.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἸουδαῖοιioudaioiJewsἸουδαῖος (ioudaios)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “Jews”, the subject formG2453Jewish.the JewsΤεσσεράκονταtesserakontaFortyτεσσεράκονταadjective, dative, plural, neuter — “Forty”, the to- or for-formG5062forty.Fortyκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἓξhexsixἕξadjective, dative, plural, neuter — “six”, the to- or for-formG1803six.sixἔτεσινetesinyearsἔτος (etos)noun, dative, plural, neuter — “years”, the to- or for-formG2094a year.yearsοἰκοδομήθηoikodomēthēwasοἰκοδομέω (oikodomeō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “was”, a single actionG3618I erect a building, build; fig. of the building up of character: I build up, edify, encourage.wasὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ναὸςnaostempleναόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “temple”, the subject formG3485a temple, a shrine, that part of the temple where God himself resides.templeοὗτοςhoutosthisοὗτοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andσὺsuthouσύpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “thou”, the subject formG4771you.thouἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτρισὶνtrisinthreeτρεῖς (treis)adjective, dative, plural, feminine — “three”, the to- or for-formG5140three.threeἡμέραιςhēmeraisdaysἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “days”, the to- or for-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.daysἐγερεῖςegereisto ariseἐγείρω (egeirō)verb, future active indicative, 2nd person singular — “to arise”, an action still aheadG1453(a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up.αὐτόνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

The Jews, therefore, said, 'Forty and six years was this sanctuary building, and wilt thou in three days raise it up?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

The Jews therefore said, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days?

Young’s Literal Translation

The Jews, therefore, said, 'Forty and six years was this sanctuary building, and wilt thou in three days raise it up?'

World English Bible

The Jews therefore said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple! Will you raise it up in three days?”

Darby Translation

The Jews therefore said, Forty and six years was this temple building, and thou wilt raise it up in three days?

Douay-Rheims

The Jews then said: Six and forty years was this temple in building; and wilt thou raise it up in three days?

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