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29 [a]Those passing by reviled him, shaking their heads and saying,(A) “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

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  1. 15:29 See note on Mt 27:39–40.

Chapter 5

Our Future Destiny. (A)For we know that if our earthly dwelling,[a] a tent, should be destroyed, we have a building from God, a dwelling not made with hands, eternal in heaven.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:1 Our earthly dwelling: the same contrast is restated in the imagery of a dwelling. The language recalls Jesus’ saying about the destruction of the temple and the construction of another building not made with hands (Mk 14:58), a prediction later applied to Jesus’ own body (Jn 2:20).