John 2:21

Mace New Testament

but by the temple he meant his body.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But he was speaking about the temple of his body.

King James Version (1611)
But he spake of the temple of his body.

King James Version
But he spake of the temple of his body.

English Standard Version
But he was speaking about the temple of his body.

New American Standard Bible
But He was speaking about the temple of His body.

New Century Version
(But the temple Jesus meant was his own body.

Amplified Bible
But He was speaking of the temple which was His body.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But He was speaking of the temple of His body.

Legacy Standard Bible
But He was speaking about the sanctuary of His body.

Berean Standard Bible
But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.

Contemporary English Version
But Jesus was talking about his body as a temple.

Complete Jewish Bible
But the "temple" he had spoken of was his body.

Darby Translation
But *he* spoke of the temple of his body.

Easy-to-Read Version
But the temple Jesus meant was his own body.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But he spake of the temple of his bodie.

George Lamsa Translation
But he spoke concerning the temple of his body.

Good News Translation
But the temple Jesus was speaking about was his body.

Lexham English Bible
But he was speaking about the temple of his body.

Literal Translation
But He spoke about the sanctuary of His body.

American Standard Version
But he spake of the temple of his body.

Bible in Basic English
But his words were about that holy building which was his body.

Hebrew Names Version
But he spoke of the temple of his body.

International Standard Version
But the sanctuary he was speaking about was his own body.1 Corinthians 3:16; 6:19; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Colossians 2:9; Hebrews 8:2;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
But he spake of the temple of his body.

Murdock Translation
But he spake of the temple of his body.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But he spake of the temple of his body.

English Revised Version
But he spake of the temple of his body.

World English Bible
But he spoke of the temple of his body.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But he spake of the temple of his body. When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this;

Weymouth's New Testament
But He was speaking of the Sanctuary of His body.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But he seide of the temple of his bodi.

Update Bible Version
But he spoke of the temple of his body.

Webster's Bible Translation
But he spoke of the temple of his body.

New English Translation
But Jesus was speaking about the temple of his body.

New King James Version
But He was speaking of the temple of His body.

New Living Translation
But when Jesus said "this temple," he meant his own body.

New Life Bible
Jesus was speaking of His body as the house of God.

New Revised Standard
But he was speaking of the temple of his body.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, he, was speaking concerning the shrine of his body.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he spoke of the temple of his body.

Revised Standard Version
But he spoke of the temple of his body.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But he spake of the temple of his body.

Young's Literal Translation
but he spake concerning the sanctuary of his body;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But he spake of ye teple of his body.

Simplified Cowboy Version
But they didn't realize that when he said "this church", he was talking about his body.

Contextual Overview

¹² After this he went down to Capernaum, in company with his mother, his brethren, and his disciples: but they stay'd there only a few days. ¹³ for the Jews passover being nigh, Jesus went up to Jerusalem, ¹⁴ where he found in the temple those that sold oxen, sheep, and doves, besides the changers of money, who were sitting there. ¹⁵ upon which he made a whip of small cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with their sheep, and oxen; and threw about the changers money, and over-set the tables; and said to the dove-sellers, ¹⁶ away with these things; make not my father's house a market-house. ¹⁷ which put his disciples in mind of that passage, "my zeal for thine house does prey upon me." ¹⁸ whereupon the Jews said, what miracle can you show to justify your behaviour? ¹⁹ Jesus answered them, saying, destroy this temple, and within three days I will raise it up. ²⁰ to this said the Jews, forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? ²¹ but by the temple he meant his body.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he: John 1:14,*Gr: Colossians 1:19, Colossians 2:9, Hebrews 8:2

temple: 1 Corinthians 3:16, 1 Corinthians 6:19, 2 Corinthians 6:16, Ephesians 2:20-22, 1 Peter 2:4, 1 Peter 2:5

Reciprocal: Exodus 26:1 - the tabernacle with ten curtains

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But he spoke of the temple of his body. Which was the antitype of the material temple; and might well be called so, since the bodies of the saints are called temples, 1 Corinthians 3:16 2 Corinthians 6:16; and the human nature of Christ is called a tabernacle, Hebrews 8:2; and he himself, in prophecy, is said to be למקדש, "for a sanctuary", or temple, Isaiah 8:14, and that because the fulness of the Godhead dwelt in him bodily, the train of the divine perfections filled the temple of his human nature, Colossians 2:9. And because here, as in the temple, God grants his presence, and communes with his saints, accepts of their prayers and praises, and all their spiritual sacrifices through him; and who is the oracle, the true "Urim" and "Thummim", by whom he delivers his whole mind and will to his people.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 2:21. Of the temple of his body. — Rather, the temple, his body: his body had no particular temple: but it was the temple of his Divinity-the place in which, as in the ancient temple, his Godhead dwelt; See how the Jews perverted these words, Matthew 26:60, and the notes there.