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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/john/2.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, &#8220Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/john/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“All right,” Jesus replied. “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/john/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/john/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/john/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said to them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/john/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/john/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/john/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/john/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, &#8220Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/john/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/john/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Jesus answered them, “Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/john/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/john/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it up in three days.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/john/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered, &#8220Destroy this sanctuary, and I will raise it up in three days.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/john/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/john/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />"Destroy this temple," Jesus answered, "and in three days I will build it again!" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/john/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/john/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Jesus replied, "Tear down this temple, and I'll rebuild it in three days."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/john/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Jesus answered, "Tear down this Temple, and in three days I will build it again." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/john/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, "Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will rebuild it."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/john/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered, ?Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/john/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Jesus replied, "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up again."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/john/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/john/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />"Demolish this Sanctuary," said Jesus, "and in three days I will rebuild it."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/john/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/john/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/john/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said to them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/john/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Jesus answered and said to them, 'Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/john/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said to them, Loose this temple, and in three days will I raise it up.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/john/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered, and said to them: Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/john/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Jesus responded and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/john/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/john/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/john/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said to them, Tear down this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/2.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />Yeshua answered and said to them: “Tear down this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/john/2.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said to them: Destroy this temple, and I will raise it up in three days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/john/2.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />Jesus responded and said to them, <FR>Destroy this temple, and in three days I will rear it up.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/john/2.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said to them, Pull down this temple, and in three days I will rear it up again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/john/2.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, saying, destroy this temple, and within three days I will raise it up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />"Demolish this Sanctuary," said Jesus, "and in three days I will rebuild it."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/john/2.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said to them, <FR>"Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/john/2.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said unto them, <FR>Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up <Fr><i>again:</i> then said the Jews,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/john/2-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=551" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/john/2.htm">Jesus Cleanses the Temple</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?” <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/2424.htm" title="2424: Iēsous (N-NMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.">Jesus</a> <a href="/greek/611.htm" title="611: Apekrithē (V-AIP-3S) -- From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.">answered,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/2036.htm" title="2036: eipen (V-AIA-3S) -- Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say."></a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autois (PPro-DM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons."></a> <a href="/greek/3089.htm" title="3089: Lysate (V-AMA-2P) -- A primary verb; to loosen.">“Destroy</a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: touton (DPro-AMS) -- This; he, she, it. ">this</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3485.htm" title="3485: naon (N-AMS) -- A temple, a shrine, that part of the temple where God himself resides. From a primary naio; a fane, shrine, temple.">temple,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/5140.htm" title="5140: trisin (Adj-DFP) -- Three. Or neuter tria a primary number; three.">three</a> <a href="/greek/2250.htm" title="2250: hēmerais (N-DFP) -- A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. ">days</a> <a href="/greek/1453.htm" title="1453: egerō (V-FIA-1S) -- (a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up. Probably akin to the base of agora; to waken, i.e. Rouse.">I will raise it up again.” </a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons."></a> </span> <span class="reftext">20</span>“This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-61.htm">Matthew 26:61</a></span><br />and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/14-58.htm">Mark 14:58</a></span><br />“We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this man-made temple, and in three days I will build another that is made without hands.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-40.htm">Matthew 27:40</a></span><br />and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/15-29.htm">Mark 15:29</a></span><br />And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-18.htm">John 10:18</a></span><br />No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/5-21.htm">John 5:21</a></span><br />For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-25.htm">John 11:25</a></span><br />Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-11.htm">Romans 8:11</a></span><br />And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-14.htm">1 Corinthians 6:14</a></span><br />By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-3.htm">1 Corinthians 15:3-4</a></span><br />For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, / that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-24.htm">Acts 2:24</a></span><br />But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep Him in its grip.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-40.htm">Acts 10:40</a></span><br />God raised Him up on the third day and caused Him to be seen—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-30.htm">Acts 13:30</a></span><br />But God raised Him from the dead,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/6-4.htm">Romans 6:4</a></span><br />We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-18.htm">1 Peter 3:18</a></span><br />For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.</p><p class="hdg">Destroy.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/26-60.htm">Matthew 26:60,61</a></b></br> But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, <i>yet</i> found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/27-40.htm">Matthew 27:40</a></b></br> And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest <i>it</i> in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/14-58.htm">Mark 14:58</a></b></br> We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.</p><p class="hdg">and in.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/12-40.htm">Matthew 12:40</a></b></br> For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/27-63.htm">Matthew 27:63</a></b></br> Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.</p><p class="hdg">I will.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/5-19.htm">John 5:19</a></b></br> Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/10-17.htm">John 10:17,18</a></b></br> Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/11-25.htm">John 11:25</a></b></br> Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/micah/5-14.htm">Demolish</a> <a href="/luke/22-2.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/luke/21-20.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/john/2-13.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/luke/21-28.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/mark/15-29.htm">Rebuild</a> <a href="/luke/23-45.htm">Sanctuary</a> <a href="/john/2-15.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/john/2-12.htm">Three</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_corinthians/10-5.htm">Demolish</a> <a href="/john/10-10.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/john/3-16.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/john/2-22.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/john/2-20.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/john/2-20.htm">Rebuild</a> <a href="/john/2-20.htm">Sanctuary</a> <a href="/john/2-20.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/john/2-20.htm">Three</a><div class="vheading2">John 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/2-1.htm">Jesus turns water into wine;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/2-12.htm">departs into Capernaum,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/2-13.htm">and to Jerusalem,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/2-14.htm">where he purges the temple of buyers and sellers.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/2-18.htm">He foretells his death and resurrection.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/2-23.htm">Many believe because of his miracles, but he will not trust himself with them.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Jesus answered</b><br>In this context, Jesus is responding to the Jewish leaders who questioned His authority after He cleansed the temple. This phrase indicates a direct response to their challenge, showcasing His divine authority and foreknowledge.<p><b>“Destroy this temple,</b><br>The term "temple" here is significant. While the Jewish leaders understood it as the physical temple in Jerusalem, Jesus was referring to His body. The temple was central to Jewish worship and identity, symbolizing God's presence among His people. Jesus' use of "destroy" foreshadows His crucifixion, where He would be put to death by the very people He came to save.<p><b>and in three days</b><br>This phrase is a prophetic reference to the resurrection. The "three days" is a consistent biblical motif, seen in Jonah's time in the fish (<a href="/jonah/1-17.htm">Jonah 1:17</a>) and Jesus' own predictions of His resurrection (<a href="/matthew/12-40.htm">Matthew 12:40</a>). It signifies a complete period of time leading to divine intervention and new beginnings.<p><b>I will raise it up again.”</b><br>Here, Jesus speaks of His resurrection, asserting His power over life and death. This statement is a declaration of His divinity, as only God can raise the dead. It also connects to Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah's suffering and triumph (Isaiah 53, <a href="/psalms/16-10.htm">Psalm 16:10</a>). The resurrection is central to Christian faith, affirming Jesus as the Son of God and the fulfillment of God's redemptive plan.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a></b><br>The central figure in this passage, Jesus is responding to the Jewish leaders who questioned His authority after He cleansed the temple.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple_in_jerusalem.htm">The Temple in Jerusalem</a></b><br>A significant religious and cultural center for the Jewish people, representing God's presence among them. Jesus uses it metaphorically to refer to His body.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jewish_leaders.htm">Jewish Leaders</a></b><br>They are questioning Jesus' authority and are confused by His statement, interpreting it literally as the physical temple.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_resurrection.htm">The Resurrection</a></b><br>Although not explicitly mentioned in this verse, Jesus is alluding to His death and resurrection, which would occur after three days.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_disciples.htm">The Disciples</a></b><br>They later recall this statement after Jesus' resurrection, understanding its true meaning.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_jesus'_authority.htm">Understanding Jesus' Authority</a></b><br>Jesus' statement about raising the temple in three days demonstrates His divine authority and foreknowledge of His resurrection.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple_as_a_metaphor.htm">The Temple as a Metaphor</a></b><br>Jesus uses the temple metaphorically to signify His body, teaching us to look beyond the physical to the spiritual truths He reveals.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_the_resurrection.htm">The Significance of the Resurrection</a></b><br>The resurrection is central to Christian faith, validating Jesus' claims and His power over death.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_jesus'_words.htm">Faith in Jesus' Words</a></b><br>Believers are called to trust in Jesus' words, even when they are not immediately understood, as His disciples did.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/our_bodies_as_temples.htm">Our Bodies as Temples</a></b><br>Just as Jesus referred to His body as a temple, we are reminded that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, calling us to live in holiness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_jesus_rise_from_the_dead.htm">Did Jesus rise from the dead?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_you_live_according_to_my_teachings.htm">What did Jesus mean by 'Destroy this temple'?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_did_jesus_mean_by_'destroy_this'.htm">What did Jesus mean by "Destroy this temple"?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_jesus_threatened_the_temple.htm">Mark 14:58 – Is there any historical or archaeological support for Jesus threatening to destroy the temple, or could this be a misinterpretation of his statement? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) Here, as in <a href="/matthew/12-38.htm" title="Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from you.">Matthew 12:38</a>, a sign is given referring to His resurrection. The sign is in its nature an enigma, meaningless to him who does not seek to understand it, but full of meaning for him who earnestly examines into the thing signified, and in such a form as impresses itself on the memory and educates the moral powers. We have had an example of this enigmatic teaching in <a href="/john/1-15.htm" title="John bore witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spoke, He that comes after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.">John 1:15</a>; <a href="/john/1-27.htm" title="He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's lace I am not worthy to unloose.">John 1:27</a>; <a href="/john/1-30.htm" title="This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.">John 1:30</a>. We shall meet with others. (Comp. John 4, 6; <a href="/john/16-25.htm" title="These things have I spoken to you in proverbs: but the time comes, when I shall no more speak to you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father.">John 16:25</a>.) The enigma turns in the present case upon the double sense of the word "temple." It meant the sacred shrine of the Deity, the Holy and Most Holy place, as distinct from the wider Temple area. But the true shrine of the Deity was the body of the Incarnate Word. The Temple of wood and stone was but the representative of the Divine Presence. That Presence was then actually in their midst. They had no reverence for the one; for, like its outer courts, it had become a house of merchandise, and was fast becoming a den of thieves. This very demand for an outward sign, while all around them feel a spiritual power, shows they have as little reverence for the other. They will destroy the real shrine; the shrine of wood and stone even will not be left to represent a Presence no longer among them. He will raise up the temple of His body the third day, and in that resurrection will be the foundation stone of the spiritual temple for the world. The use of the word "temple" by the Jews in this double sense is attested by their interpretation of the Old Testament. We have an example of the use of "tabernacle" in a parallel sense in <a href="/john/1-14.htm" title="And the Word was made flesh, and dwelled among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.">John 1:14</a> (comp. <a href="/context/2_peter/1-13.htm" title="Yes, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;">2Peter 1:13-14</a>), and the full idea of a spiritual worship and presence in <a href="/context/john/4-21.htm" title="Jesus said to her, Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when you shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.">John 4:21-24</a>. The sign may have been suggested by the double thought then present--the Jews destroying the sanctity of the material Temple, the disciples seeing in Him one consumed by zeal for it. (Comp. <a href="/context/1_corinthians/3-16.htm" title="Know you not that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?">1Corinthians 3:16-17</a>.) . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/john/2-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">Jesus</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἰησοῦς</span> <span class="translit">(Iēsous)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2424.htm">Strong's 2424: </a> </span><span class="str2">Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">answered,</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἀπεκρίθη</span> <span class="translit">(Apekrithē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_611.htm">Strong's 611: </a> </span><span class="str2">From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Destroy</span><br /><span class="grk">Λύσατε</span> <span class="translit">(Lysate)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3089.htm">Strong's 3089: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary verb; to 'loosen'.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="grk">τοῦτον</span> <span class="translit">(touton)</span><br /><span class="parse">Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> </span><span class="str2">This; he, she, it. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">temple,</span><br /><span class="grk">ναὸν</span> <span class="translit">(naon)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3485.htm">Strong's 3485: </a> </span><span class="str2">A temple, a shrine, that part of the temple where God himself resides. From a primary naio; a fane, shrine, temple.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">in</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐν</span> <span class="translit">(en)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> </span><span class="str2">In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">three</span><br /><span class="grk">τρισὶν</span> <span class="translit">(trisin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5140.htm">Strong's 5140: </a> </span><span class="str2">Three. Or neuter tria a primary number; 'three'.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days</span><br /><span class="grk">ἡμέραις</span> <span class="translit">(hēmerais)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2250.htm">Strong's 2250: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will raise it up again.”</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐγερῶ</span> <span class="translit">(egerō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1453.htm">Strong's 1453: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up. 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