19 Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days."
19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
19 Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
19 Jesus answered, "Tear down this Temple and in three days I'll put it back together."
19 Jesus answered and said to them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
19 "All right," Jesus replied. "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
4 that he was buried; that he was raised from death on the third day, again exactly as Scripture says;
4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,
4 He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said.
(Read 1 Corinthians 15:1-11)
The word resurrection, usually points out our existence beyond the grave. Of the apostle's doctrine not a trace can be found in all the teaching of philosophers. The doctrine of Christ's death and resurrection, is the foundation of Christianity. Remove this, and all our hopes for eternity sink at once. And it is by holding this truth firm, that Christians stand in the day of trial, and are kept faithful to God. We believe in vain, unless we keep in the faith of the gospel. This truth is confirmed by Old Testament prophecies; and many saw Christ after he was risen. This apostle was highly favoured, but he always had a low opinion of himself, and expressed it. When sinners are, by Divine grace, turned into saints, God causes the remembrance of former sins to make them humble, diligent, and faithful. He ascribes to Divine grace all that was valuable in him. True believers, though not ignorant of what the Lord has done for, in, and by them, yet when they look at their whole conduct and their obligations, they are led to feel that none are so worthless as they are. All true Christians believe that Jesus Christ, and him crucified, and then risen from the dead, is the sun and substance of Christianity. All the apostles agreed in this testimony; by this faith they lived, and in this faith they died.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 2:19
Commentary on John 2:12-22
(Read John 2:12-22)
The first public work in which we find Christ engaged, was driving from the temple the traders whom the covetous priests and rulers encouraged to make a market-place of its courts. Those now make God's house a house of merchandise, whose minds are filled with cares about worldly business when attending religious exercises, or who perform Divine offices for love of gain. Christ, having thus cleansed the temple, gave a sign to those who demanded it, to prove his authority for so doing. He foretells his death by the Jews' malice, Destroy ye this temple; I will permit you to destroy it. He foretells his resurrection by his own power; In three days I will raise it up. Christ took again his own life. Men mistake by understanding that according to the letter, which the Scripture speaks by way of figure. When Jesus was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered he has said this. It helps much in understanding the Divine word, to observe the fulfilling of the Scriptures.