John 2:21

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But He was speaking about the temple of His body.

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  • 1 Cor 6:19 : 19 Or 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;
  • John 1:14 : 14 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
  • 1 Cor 3:16 : 16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
  • Col 2:9 : 9 For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily.
  • Heb 8:2 : 2 He serves in the holy place and the true tabernacle, which was set up by the Lord and not by man.
  • 1 Pet 2:4-5 : 4 As you come to Him, the living Stone—rejected by people but chosen and precious to God— 5 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.
  • 2 Cor 6:16 : 16 What agreement can there be between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: 'I will dwell among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.'
  • Eph 2:20-22 : 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone. 21 In Him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 And in Him you too are being built together to become a dwelling place for God in the Spirit.
  • Col 1:19 : 19 For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,

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  • John 2:16-20
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    85%

    16 To those selling doves He said, 'Get these out of here! Stop turning My Father's house into a marketplace!'

    17 Then His disciples remembered that it is written: 'Zeal for Your house will consume me.'

    18 So the Jews responded to Him, 'What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do all this?'

    19 Jesus answered them, 'Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.'

    20 They replied, 'It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and You are going to raise it in three days?'

  • 58 "We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple made with human hands and in three days will build another, not made with hands.'"

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

  • 61 They declared, "This man said, 'I can destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.'"

  • Luke 21:5-6
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    5 Some people were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, and he said,

    6 ‘As for these things you see, days are coming when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.’

  • 20 He spoke these words while teaching in the temple treasury. Yet no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.

  • 29 Those who passed by were hurling insults at Him, shaking their heads and saying, 'Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

  • 6 I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.

  • 1 As Jesus was leaving the temple and walking away, his disciples came to him to show him the temple buildings.

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    16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

    17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

  • 40 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet.

  • 9 For they still did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

  • 21 In Him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

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    45 Then he entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling and buying there.

    46 He told them, 'It is written: My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers!'.

  • 13 and he said to them, 'It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it a den of thieves!'

  • 17 As he was teaching them, he said, 'Is it not written: My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of robbers.'

  • 33 He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.

  • 62 Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before?

  • 30 But God raised Him from the dead.

  • Mark 13:1-2
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    70%

    1 As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, 'Teacher, look at these magnificent stones and impressive buildings!'

    2 Jesus replied, 'Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.'

  • 59 Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

  • 40 'You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!'

  • 29 When John's disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.

  • Luke 24:6-8
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    6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee,

    7 "The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified, and on the third day rise again."

    8 Then they remembered his words.

  • 63 They said, 'Sir, we remember that while He was still alive, that deceiver said, "After three days I will rise again."'

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    36 These things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: 'Not one of his bones will be broken.'

    37 And again another Scripture says, 'They will look on the one they have pierced.'

  • 45 When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he granted the body to Joseph.

  • 13 Jesus, however, had been speaking about his death, but they thought he was referring to natural sleep.

  • 17 When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.

  • 17 Then some of his disciples said to one another, 'What does he mean by saying, “A little while and you will no longer see me; and again a little while and you will see me,” and “because I am going to the Father”?'

  • 38 Then the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

  • 13 When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

  • 19 Or 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;

  • 21 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.

  • 22 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, gave it to them, and said, "Take it; this is my body."

  • 16 At first, His disciples did not understand these things. But when Jesus was glorified, they remembered that these things had been written about Him and that they had done these things to Him.

  • 28 So Jesus said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own, but speak just as the Father taught me.

  • 19 Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, 'Are you discussing among yourselves what I meant when I said, “A little while and you will no longer see me; and again a little while and you will see me”?'

  • 1 After Jesus had spoken these words, He looked up to heaven and said, 'Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, so that the Son may glorify You.'