20 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, Ezr_3:1-13; Ezr_4:1-24; Ezr_5:1-17; Ezr_6:1-22; Ezr_7:1-28, to aggravate the matter. So they are not only blinded, but hardened.