Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
Ver. 19. Destroy this temple] This was the same in effect with that sign of the prophet Jonah, Matthew 12:39,40. His resurrection was a plain demonstration of his Deity, Superas evadere ad auras, hic labor, hoc opus est, befitting a God, Romans 1:4 .