Right. If the Jewish Temple crumbled could God build it back up in three days? Does the statement Jesus made not hold TRUE for both Temples? The reason I'm pointing this out is because those gathered around mockingly (I envision) questioned the statement because they though he was in fact talking about the Jewish temple. What's ironic about this is because he was God of course, he could have raised it back up in three days even if he was talking about the Jewish temple.
I feel like I'm the only one in this world that's sees the true irony of this verse...
JOHN 2 -
13The Jewish Passover was near, so Jesus went to Jerusalem.
14He found those who were selling cattle, sheep, and pigeons in the temple courtyard. He also found moneychangers sitting there.
15He made a whip from small ropes and threw everyone with their sheep and cattle out of the temple courtyard. He dumped the moneychangers' coins and knocked over their tables.
16He told those who sold pigeons, "Pick up this stuff, and get it out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!"
17His disciples remembered that Scripture said, "Devotion for your house will consume me."
18The Jews reacted by asking Jesus, "What miracle can you show us to justify what you're doing?"
19Jesus replied, "Tear down this temple, and I'll rebuild it in three days."
20The Jews said, "It took forty-six years to build this temple. Do you really think you're going to rebuild it in three days?"
21But the temple Jesus spoke about was his own body.
22After he came back to life, his disciples remembered that he had said this. So they believed the Scripture and this statement that Jesus had made.
Right, of course he could have, and had they destroyed the temple, I’m sure it would have been completely rebuilt three days later, to the amazement of any to witness it.