John 2:21 · KJV
“But he spake of the temple of his body.”
— John 2:21
Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
John 2 — Context
Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
20Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
21But he spake of the temple of his body.
22When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
23Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast {day}, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 6:19
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost {which is} in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
1 Corinthians 3:16
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and {that} the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Colossians 2:9
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
Colossians 1:19
For it pleased {the Father} that in him should all fulness dwell;
Hebrews 8:2
A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. {of the sanctuary: or, of holy things}
Ephesians 2:20-22
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner {stone};
John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
2 Corinthians 6:16
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in {them}; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.