John 2:21

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

But, he, was speaking concerning the shrine of his body.

Parallel Translations

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

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But he spake of 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]

New American Standard Bible
But He was speaking about the temple of His body.

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

English Standard Version
But he was speaking about 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.

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.

Contemporary English Version
But Jesus was talking about his body as a temple.

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.

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

Complete Jewish Bible
But the "temple" he had spoken of was his body.

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

Etheridge Translation
But he spake of the temple of his body.

Murdock Translation
But he spake of the temple of his body.

King James Version (1611)
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.

New Revised Standard
But he was speaking of the temple of 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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he spoke of the temple of his body.

Revised Standard Version
But he spoke of the temple of his body.

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

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

Christian Standard Bible®
But he was speaking about 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.

Literal Translation
But He spoke about the sanctuary 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.

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.

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

Contextual Overview

¹² After this, he came down into Capernaum, - he, and his mother and brethren, and his disciples; and, there, they abode, not many days. ¹³ And, near, was the passover of the Jews; and, Jesus, went up unto Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And he found, in the temple, them that were selling oxen and sheep and doves, also the money-changers sitting. ¹⁵ And, making a scourge out of rushes, all of them, thrust he forth out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and, the money-changers' small coins, poured he forth, and, the tables, he overturned; ¹⁶ and unto them who were selling, the doves, he said - Take these things hence! Be not making, the house of my Father, a house of merchandise. ¹⁷ His disciples remembered that it was written - The zeal of thy house, eateth me up. ¹⁸ The Jews therefore answered, and said unto him, What sign, dost thou point out to us, in that, these things, thou doest? ¹⁹ Jesus answered, and said unto them - Take down this shrine, and, in three days, will I raise it. ²⁰ The Jews, therefore, said - In forty and six years, was this shrine built. And, thou, in three days, wilt raise it! ²¹ But, he, was speaking concerning the shrine 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 came to pass when, the sun, was shout to go in. and a deep sleep, had fallen upon Abram, lo! a terror a great darkness, was falling upon him.

1 Samuel 26:12
So David took the spear, and the cruse of water, from near the head of Saul, and they went their way, - and no man saw, and no man knew, and no man awoke, for all of them were sleeping, for, a deep sleep from Yahweh, had fallen upon them.

Job 4:13
When there were thoughts, from visions of the night, - When deep sleep falleth upon men,

Job 33:15
In a dream, a vision of the night, when a deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed,

Proverbs 19:15
Sloth, falleth into a deep sleep, and, a soul that is indolent, shall famish.

Daniel 8:18
And, when he spake with me, I fell stunned upon my face, to the earth, - but he touched me, and caused me to stand up where I was.

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.