John 2:19

Translations

Modern

Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”

Traditional

Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

Literal

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

Latin

Respondit Jesus, et dixit eis: Solvite templum hoc, et in tribus diebus excitabo illud.

Interlinear

Greek

English

Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”

Notes

John 2:19–21

Destroy this temple: Herod the Great started rebuilding the temple's grand structure in 20 BC. The work continued until AD 64. This is why Jesus amazed his audience when he claimed he could destroy and rebuild it in a few days.

However, Jesus was speaking figuratively (using a word picture) about his own body. He described his body as the true temple, the place where God was present (see 1:14, 51).

His body would be destroyed. Three days later, God would raise him from the dead. Through his resurrection, Jesus showed that he himself was now the true place where people meet God. Because of this, the Jerusalem Temple and its sacrifices were no longer necessary.

Later, during the trial of Jesus, some people misunderstood his words. They used his statement about destroying the temple as evidence against him. They accused him of blasphemy (Mark 14:58).

John 2:1–25

In this section, Jesus appeared at two symbolic Jewish ceremonies. At a wedding in Cana (2:1–12), he replaced the ritual cleansing water with his own superior wine. Later, around Passover, he cleansed the temple (2:13–25).

Theme notes and profiles

Jewish Leaders Stephen Temple Design as a Picture of God's Truth Temple Worship The Central Sanctuary The Church as God’s Temple The Resurrection of Jesus

Events

First Passover and Temple Cleansingc. AD 27

Related verses

Mark 14:58
“We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this man-made temple, and in three days I will build another that is made without hands.’”
Mark 15:29
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,
Matthew 27:40
…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!”
Matthew 26:60–61
But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward
Matthew 12:40
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Romans 8:11
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.
John 10:17–18
The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.
Acts 2:32
God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.
Acts 2:24
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.
Acts 3:15
You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this fact.
1 Peter 3:18
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,
Romans 6:4
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.

Parallels

Matthew 21:12–17 Mark 11:15–19 Luke 19:45–48

People

Jesus: The Son of God and Savior of the world

Glossary

Anger Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Body of Christ Exaltation of Christ John, Gospel of Miracle Money Changer Prophecy Worship

Topics

Christ is God: As Raising Himself from the Dead Jesus, the Christ: Drives the Money-Changers from the Temple (In Jerusalem) Jesus, the Christ: Omnipotence of Jesus, the Christ: Resurrection of Jesus, the Christ: Revelations by: His Death and Resurrection Power of Christ: Rising from the Dead Rebuilding the Temple Temple of the Corpse of Jesus the First Temple: Christ The Power of Christ: Exhibited in Raising Himself from the Dead The Resurrection of Christ: Effected by His own Power The Resurrection of Christ: Foretold by Himself The Trinity: Each Person In, Described as Raising Christ from the Dead Types of Christ: Temple

John 2:19

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