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Joh 2:20 Strong Concordance Then [3767] said [2036] the Jews [2453], Forty [5062] and [2532] six [1803] years [2094] was [3618] this [3778] temple [3485] in building [3618], and [2532] wilt [1453] thou [4771] rear [1453] it [846] up [1453] in [1722] three [5140] days [2250]?
  King James 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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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Forty and six years--From the eighteenth year of Herod till then was just forty-six years [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 15.11.1].
 
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12 And [2532] Jesus [2424] went [1525] into [1519] the temple [2411] of God [2316], and [2532] cast out [1544] all them [3956] that sold [4453] and [2532] bought [59] in [1722] the temple [2411], and [2532] overthrew [2690] the tables [5132] of the moneychangers [2855], and [2532] the seats [2515] of them that sold [4453] doves [4058],
13 Therefore [1223] [5124] speak I [2980] to them [846] in [1722] parables [3850]: because [3754] they seeing [991] see [991] not [3756]; and [2532] hearing [191] they hear [191] not [3756], neither [3761] do they understand [4920].
40 And [2532] saying [3004], Thou that destroyest [2647] the temple [3485], and [2532] buildest [3618] it in [1722] three [5140] days [2250], save [4982] thyself [4572]. If [1487] thou be [1488] the Son [5207] of God [2316], come down [2597] from [575] the cross [4716].
58 [3754] We [2249] heard [191] him [846] say [3004], [3754] I [1473] will destroy [2647] this [5126] temple [3485] that is made with hands [5499], and [2532] within [1223] three [5140] days [2250] I will build [3618] another [243] made without hands [886].
61 And said [2036], This [3778] fellow said [5346], I am able [1410] to destroy [2647] the temple [3485] of God [2316], and [2532] to build [3618] it [846] in [1223] three [5140] days [2250].