John 2:21

Green's Literal Translation

But He spoke about the sanctuary of His body.

Parallel Translations

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

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

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

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

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

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

Christian Standard Bible®
But He was speaking about the sanctuary 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.

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

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

American Standard Version
But he spake 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.

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

New English Translation
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.

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

George Lamsa Translation
But he spoke concerning the temple of 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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Contextual Overview

¹² After this He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother and His brothers and His disciples. And He remained there not many days. ¹³ And the Passover of the Jews was near. And Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And He found those selling oxen and sheep and doves in the temple, and the money changers sitting. ¹⁵ And making a whip out of ropes, He threw all out of the temple, both the sheep, and the oxen, and the money changers, pouring out the money and overturning the tables. ¹⁶ And to the ones selling the doves, He said, Take these things from here! Do not make My Father's house a house of merchandise. ¹⁷ And His disciples remembered that it was written, "The zeal of Your house has consumed Me." Psa. 69:9 ¹⁸ Then the Jews answered and said to Him, What sign do You show to us, since You do these things? ¹⁹ Jesus said to them, Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up. ²⁰ Then the Jews said, This sanctuary was forty six years being built, and do You raise it up in three days? ²¹ But He spoke about the sanctuary of 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

Cross-References

Genesis 15:12
And it happened, the sun was going, and a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, a terror of great darkness was falling on him!

1 Samuel 26:12
And David took the spear and the jar of water at the head-place of Saul, and they went away. And no one was seeing; and no one knew; and no one was awake; for all of them were sleeping because a deep sleep from Jehovah hadfallen on them.

Job 4:13
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,

Job 33:15
In a dream, a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men; while they slumber on the bed,

Proverbs 19:15
Laziness makes one fall into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Daniel 8:18
And while he was speaking with me, I was stunned and on my face toward the ground. But he touched me and made me stand.

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.