Yohanes 2:19

2:19 Jesus replied, ¹  “Destroy ²  this temple and in three days I will raise it up again.”

Yohanes 11:6

11:6 So when he heard that Lazarus ³  was sick, he remained in the place where he was for two more days.

[2:19]  ¹ tn Grk “answered and said to them.”

[2:19]  ² tn The imperative here is really more than a simple conditional imperative (= “if you destroy”); its semantic force here is more like the ironical imperative found in the prophets (Amos 4:4, Isa 8:9) = “Go ahead and do this and see what happens.”

[11:6]  ³ tn Grk “that he”; the referent (Lazarus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.