John 2:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

Word-for-word

5/5

Readability

2/5

💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

👥 Who is this for?

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Pastors and teachers
Seminary students
Serious Bible students
Readers conducting word studies
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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 6:19 : 19 Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;
John 1:14 : 14 And the Word became 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 Cor 3:16 : 16 Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Col 2:9 : 9 for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,
Heb 8:2 : 2 a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, {G2532} not man.
1 Pet 2:4-5 : 4 unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious, 5 ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
2 Cor 6:16 : 16 And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Eph 2:20-22 : 20 being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone; 21 in whom each several building, fitly framed together, groweth into a holy temple in the Lord; 22 in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
Col 1:19 : 19 For it was the good pleasure [of the Father] that in him should all the fulness dwell;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

John 2:16-20
5 verses
85%
16and to them that sold the doves he said, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.
17{G1161} His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for thy house shall eat me up.
18The Jews therefore answered and said unto him, What sign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
19Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
20The Jews therefore said, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days?
Mark 14:58
79%
58We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.
John 2:22
79%
22When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he spake this; {G846} and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
Matt 26:61
79%
61and said, This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
Luke 21:5-6
2 verses
74%
5And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and offerings, he said,
6As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in which there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
John 8:20
73%
20These words spake he in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man took him; because his hour was not yet come.
Mark 15:29
72%
29And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
Matt 12:6
71%
6But I say unto you, that one greater than the temple is here.
Matt 24:1
71%
1And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.
1 Cor 3:16-17
2 verses
71%
16Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
17If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.
Luke 24:40
71%
40And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.
John 20:9
70%
9For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
Eph 2:21
70%
21in whom each several building, fitly framed together, groweth into a holy temple in the Lord;
Luke 19:45-46
2 verses
70%
45And he entered into the temple, and began to cast out them that {G846} {G59} {G2532} sold,
46saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.
Matt 21:13
70%
13and he saith unto them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but ye make it a den of robbers.
Mark 11:17
70%
17And he taught, and said unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but ye have made it a den of robbers.
John 12:33
70%
33But this he said, signifying by what manner of death he should die.
John 6:62
70%
62[ What] then if ye should behold the Son of man ascending where he was before?
Acts 13:30
70%
30But God raised him from the dead:
Mark 13:1-2
2 verses
70%
1And as he went forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Teacher, behold, what manner of stones and what manner of buildings!
2And Jesus said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left here one stone upon another, which shall not be thrown down.
Matt 27:59
69%
59And Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
Matt 27:40
69%
40and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself: if thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross.
Mark 6:29
69%
29And when his disciples heard [thereof], they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
Luke 24:6-8
3 verses
69%
6He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
7saying that the Son of man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
8And they remembered his words,
Matt 27:63
69%
63saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive, After three days I rise again.
John 19:36-37
2 verses
69%
36For these things came to pass, that the scripture might be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
37And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
Mark 15:45
69%
45And when he learned it of the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph.
John 11:13
69%
13Now Jesus had spoken of his death: but they thought that he spake of taking rest in sleep.
John 11:17
69%
17So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
John 16:17
69%
17[ Some] of his disciples therefore said one to another, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye {G2334} behold me not; and again a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?
Mark 15:38
69%
38And the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.
John 2:13
69%
13And the passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
1 Cor 6:19
69%
19Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;
Matt 23:21
69%
21And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
Mark 14:22
68%
22And as they were eating, he took bread, and when he had blessed, he brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take ye: this is my body.
John 12:16
68%
16These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.
John 8:28
68%
28Jesus therefore said, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am [he], and [that] I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me, I speak these things.
John 16:19
68%
19{G3767} Jesus perceived that they were desirous to ask him, and he said unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, A little while, and ye {G2334} behold me not, and again a little while, and ye shall see me?
John 17:1
68%
1These things spake Jesus; and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that the son may glorify thee: