19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 The Jews therefore said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple! Will you raise it up in three days?” 21 But he spoke of the temple of his body. 22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this, and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
20 Basi Wayahudi wakasema, Hekalu hili lilijengwa katika muda wa miaka arobaini na sita, nawe utalisimamisha kwa siku tatu? 21 Lakini yeye alisema habari za hekalu la mwili wake. 22 Basi alipofufuka katika wafu, wanafunzi wake wakakumbuka ya kuwa alisema hivi, wakaliamini lile andiko na lile neno alilolinena Yesu“.