Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
Ver. 20. Forty and six years] All, save what lacks; for it was six years' work only, but they reckon the interim of interruption, Ezra 3:1,13; Ezra 4:1,24; Ezra 5:1,17; Ezra 6:1,22; Ezra 7:1,28, to aggravate the matter. So they are not only blinded, but hardened.