John 2:21

But he was speaking about the temple of his body.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

But he spake of the temple of his body.

In Context

20The Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will yoʋ raise it up in three days?”

22So when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

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Cross References

John 1:14The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

1 Corinthians 6:19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own,

Ephesians 2:20built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone.

Colossians 2:9For all the fullness of God's nature dwells bodily in Christ,

1 Peter 2:4As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and precious in the sight of God,

Matthew Henry on John 2:13-23

Temple-Merchandise Punished; Christ's Death and Resurrection Foretold. 12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days. 13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, 14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: 15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the… Read the whole commentary →

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