John 2:21
But he spake of the temple of his body.
John 2:21 in other translations
| BSB | But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body. |
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| WEB | But he spoke of the temple of his body. |
| ASV | But he spake of the temple of his body. |
| YLT | but he spake concerning the sanctuary of his body; |
| DARBY | But he spoke of the temple of his body. |
| BBE | But his words were about that holy building which was his body. |
| Webster | But he spoke of the temple of his body. |
What does John 2:21 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 2:18-22
18-22. What sign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?--Though the act and the words of Christ, taken together, were sign enough, they were unconvinced: yet they were awed, and though at His very next appearance at Jerusalem they "sought to kill Him" for speaking of "His Father" just as He did now (Joh 5:18), they, at this early stage, only ask a sign.
Barnes' Notes
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 2:12-22
The first public work in which we find Christ engaged, was driving from the temple the traders whom the covetous priests and rulers encouraged to make a market-place of its courts. Those now make God's house a house of merchandise, whose minds are filled with cares about worldly business when attending religious exercises, or who perform Divine offices for love of gain. Christ, having thus cleansed the temple, gave…
John 2:21 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 2:21
- 1 Corinthians 6:19
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
- 1 Corinthians 3:16
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
- Colossians 1:19
For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
- Ephesians 2:20-22
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
- Colossians 2:9
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
- Hebrews 8:2
A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
- John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
- 2 Corinthians 6:16
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
- 1 Peter 2:4-5
To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
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Context
- John 2:20
Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
- John 2:21
But he spake of the temple of his body.
- John 2:22
When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
John 2:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas él hablaba del templo de su cuerpo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais lui parlait du temple de son corps. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Er aber sprach von dem Tempel seines Leibes. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ille autem dicebat de templo corporis sui. |