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New Century Version

John 2:21

(But the temple Jesus meant was his own body.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Scofield Reference Index - Miracles;   Resurrection;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Christ Is God;   Power of Christ, the;   Resurrection of Christ, the;   Temple, the First;   Types of Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Resurrection;   Signs;   Temple;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Body;   Church, the;   Jesus Christ;   Temple;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Marriage;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Resurrection of Christ;   Temple;   Temple, Herod's;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Engraver;   Jordan;   Miracles;   Veil of the Temple;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Father's House;   Fulfill;   Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Faith;   Marriage;   Mary;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Caesarea Philippi;   Dates (2);   John, Gospel of (Ii. Contents);   Luke, Gospel According to;   Manliness;   Mission;   Temple (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - New Testament;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Cana;   Christ;   Passover;   Resurrection;   Temple;   Veil;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Body;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Body;   Jesus Christ, the Arrest and Trial of;   Resurrection of Jesus Christ, the;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for June 4;   Every Day Light - Devotion for June 2;  

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.
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.
Mace New Testament (1729)
but by the temple he meant 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, Jesus went to the town of Capernaum with his mother, brothers, and followers. They stayed there for just a few days. 13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover Feast, Jesus went to Jerusalem. 14 In the Temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves. He saw others sitting at tables, exchanging different kinds of money. 15 Jesus made a whip out of cords and forced all of them, both the sheep and cattle, to leave the Temple. He turned over the tables and scattered the money of those who were exchanging it. 16 Then he said to those who were selling pigeons, "Take these things out of here! Don't make my Father's house a place for buying and selling!" 17 When this happened, the followers remembered what was written in the Scriptures: "My strong love for your Temple completely controls me." 18 Some of his people said to Jesus, "Show us a miracle to prove you have the right to do these things." 19 Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and I will build it again in three days." 20 They answered, "It took forty-six years to build this Temple! Do you really believe you can build it again in three days?" 21 (But the temple Jesus meant was his own 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

Cross-References

Genesis 15:12
As the sun was going down, Abram fell into a deep sleep. While he was asleep, a very terrible darkness came.
1 Samuel 26:12
So David took the spear and water jug that were near Saul's head, and they left. No one saw them or knew about it or woke up, because the Lord had put them sound asleep.
Job 4:13
It was during a nightmare when people are in deep sleep.
Job 33:15
He speaks in a dream or a vision of the night when people are in a deep sleep, lying on their beds.
Proverbs 19:15
Lazy people sleep a lot, and idle people will go hungry.
Daniel 8:18
While Gabriel was speaking, I fell into a deep sleep with my face on the ground. Then he touched me and lifted me to my feet.

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.


 
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