John 2:21 “But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.”

John 2:21

But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But he spake of the temple of his body.

World English Bible

But he spoke of the temple of his body.

American Standard Version

But he spake of the temple of his body.

Geneva Bible 1599

But he spake of the temple of his bodie.

Darby Translation

But he spoke of the temple of his body.

Young's Literal Translation

but he spake concerning the sanctuary of his body;

Bible in Basic English

But his words were about that holy building which was his body.

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Cross references

“he”

Colossians 1:19 Colossians 2:9 Hebrews 8:2 John 1:14

Colossians 1:19 · BSB

For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,

Colossians 2:9 · BSB

For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.

Hebrews 8:2 · BSB

and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.

John 1:14 · BSB

The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

“temple”

1 Corinthians 6:19 1 Corinthians 3:16 Ephesians 2:20–22 2 Corinthians 6:16 1 Peter 2:4 1 Peter 2:5

1 Corinthians 6:19 · BSB

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

1 Corinthians 3:16 · BSB

Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

Ephesians 2:20–22 · BSB

built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.

2 Corinthians 6:16 · BSB

What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”

1 Peter 2:4 · BSB

As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,

1 Peter 2:5 · BSB

you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20“This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”

22After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

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