The Temple of His Body

The First Sign and the Father’s House · John 2

Story guide: Asked for a sign, Jesus speaks of raising this temple in three days. He means his body; after his resurrection the disciples remember and believe.

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18So the Jews answered and said to him, “What sign do you show us, that you do these things?”

19Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

20So the Jews said, “This temple was built in forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?”

21But he was speaking about the temple of his body.

22So when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had been saying this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

23When he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in his name as they were seeing the signs that he was doing.

24But Jesus himself was not entrusting himself to them, because he knew all people,

25and because he had no need that anyone should testify about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

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