John 2:21

But he spoke of the temple of his body.

Revised King James New Testament

In The King James Version

But he spake of the temple of his body.

In Context

20Then the Jews said, It took forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?

22Therefore, when he had risen from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this to them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had spoken.

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Cross References

John 1:14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten 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, who is in you, whom you have received from God, and that you are not your own?

Ephesians 2:20Built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the cornerstone;

Colossians 2:9For in him all the fulness of Deity dwells in bodily form.

1 Peter 2:4Coming to him as to a living stone, rejected by men, but chosen by God, and precious,

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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