Parallel Verses
Twentieth Century New Testament
But Jesus was speaking of his body as a temple.
New American Standard Bible
But He was speaking of
King James Version
But he spake of the temple of his body.
Holman Bible
But He was speaking about the sanctuary of His body.
International Standard Version
But the sanctuary he was speaking about was his own body.
A Conservative Version
But that man spoke about the temple of his body.
American Standard Version
But he spake of the temple of his body.
Amplified
But He was speaking of the temple which was His body.
An Understandable Version
But Jesus was speaking about the "temple" of His [physical] body.
Anderson New Testament
But he spoke of the temple of his body.
Bible in Basic English
But his words were about that holy building which was his body.
Common New Testament
But he was speaking of the temple of his body.
Daniel Mace New Testament
but by the temple he meant his body.
Darby Translation
But he spoke of the temple of his body.
Godbey New Testament
But He spoke concerning the temple of His body.
Goodspeed New Testament
But he was speaking of his body as the sanctuary.
John Wesley New Testament
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;
Julia Smith Translation
But he spake concerning the temple of his body.
King James 2000
But he spoke of the temple of his body.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But he was speaking about the temple of his body.
Modern King James verseion
But He spoke of the temple of His body.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But he spake of the temple of his body.
Moffatt New Testament
He meant the sanctuary of his body, however,
Montgomery New Testament
But he was speaking about the temple of his body; and when the disciples recalled what he had said,
NET Bible
But Jesus was speaking about the temple of his body.
New Heart English Bible
But he spoke of the temple of his body.
Noyes New Testament
But he spoke of the temple of his body.
Sawyer New Testament
But he spoke of the temple of his body.
The Emphasized Bible
But, he, was speaking concerning the shrine of his body.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Now he had spoken with reference to the temple of his own body.
Webster
But he spoke of the temple of his body.
Weymouth New Testament
But He was speaking of the Sanctuary of His body.
Williams New Testament
But He meant the sanctuary of His body.
World English Bible
But he spoke of the temple of his body.
Worrell New Testament
But He was speaking about the temple of His body.
Worsley New Testament
Therefore when he was risen from the dead,
Youngs Literal Translation
but he spake concerning the sanctuary of his body;
Themes
Jesus Christ » History of » Drives the money-changers from the temple (in jerusalem)
The power of Christ » Exhibited in » Raising himself from the dead
Interlinear
De
Peri
σῶμα
Soma
Usage: 123
Devotionals
Devotionals about John 2:21
Devotionals containing John 2:21
References
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Word Count of 37 Translations in John 2:21
Images John 2:21
Prayers for John 2:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus Throws Merchants And Moneychangers Out Of The Temple Courtyard
20 "This Temple," replied the Jews, "has been forty-six years in building, and are you going to 'raise it in three days'?" 21 But Jesus was speaking of his body as a temple. 22 Afterwards, when he had risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the passage of Scripture, and the words which Jesus had spoken.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Corinthians 6:19
Again, do not you know that your body is a shrine of the Holy Spirit that is within you-the Spirit which you have from God?
John 1:14
And the Word became Man, and dwelt among us, (We saw his glory--the glory of the Only Son sent from the Father), full of love and truth.
Colossians 2:9
For in Christ the Godhead in all its fulness dwells incarnate;
1 Corinthians 3:16
Do not you know that you are God's Temple, and that God's Spirit has his home in you?
2 Corinthians 6:16
What agreement can thee be between a temple of God and idols? And we are a temple of the Living God. That is what God meant when he said--'I will dwell among them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Ephesians 2:20-22
You have been built up upon the foundation laid by the Apostles and Prophets, Christ Jesus himself being 'the corner- stone.'
Colossians 1:19
For it pleased the Father that in him the divine nature in all its fulness should dwell,
Hebrews 8:2
where he ministers in the Sanctuary, in that true Tabernacle set up by the Lord and not by man.
1 Peter 2:4-5
Come to Him, then, as to a living stone, rejected, indeed, by men, but in God's eyes choice and precious;