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“Then answered the Jews and said unto Him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up” (John 2:18-19).
Even though the Lord Jesus did many miracles the Jews continually asked for a sign, meaning some kind of miracle that would clearly demonstrate to them who He was. After He had driven out of the temple the people that sold animals, the animals themselves, and the moneychangers, again the Jews asked for a sign. The Lord told them what we read in verse 19—“Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews misunderstood, and thought He was speaking of the big temple Herod had built, which had taken 46 years to construct.
However, the Lord was speaking of something more miraculous than that; He was speaking of His own resurrection. He was speaking of the temple of His body, that would be raised up again the third day. But even this miracle, when it happened, did not convince them; they invented a lie, saying that the disciples stole the body while the soldiers slept. Only a real work of God in the heart can bring souls to repentance.
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