John 2:18-22

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

18 So the Jews said to him, y "What sign do you show us for doing these things?" 19 Jesus answered them, z "Destroy this temple, and in three days a I will raise it up." 20 The Jews then said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?" 21 But he was speaking about b the temple of his body. 22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, c his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed d the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

  1. Cross References
    John 4:48
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    John 6:30
    So they said to him, "Then what sign do you do,...
    Exodus 4:1
    Then Moses answered, "But behold, they will not...
    Exodus 4:8
    If they will not believe you," God said, "or li...
    Exodus 7:9
    "When Pharaoh says to you, 'Prove yourselves by...
    Matthew 12:38
    Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered...
  2. Cross References
    Matthew 26:61
    And said, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to rebuild it in three days.'
    Matthew 27:40
    And saying, "You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.
    Mark 14:58
    "We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.'"
    Mark 15:29
    And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, "Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days.
  3. Cross References
    John 10:18
    No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.
  4. Cross References
    John 1:14
    And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
    1 Corinthians 6:19
    Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own.
    Colossians 2:9
    For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily.
  5. Cross References
    John 12:16
    His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him.
    Luke 24:8
    And they remembered his words.
  6. Cross References
    John 20:9
    For as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
    Psalms 16:10
    For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.
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