John 2:21 (BSB)
But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.
Commentary on John 2:21
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on John 2:12-22: Here we have, I. The short visit Christ made to Capernaum, Joh 2:12. It was a large and populous city, about a day's journey from Cana; it is called his own city (Mat 9:1), because he made it his head-quarters in Galilee, and what little rest he had was there.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on John 2:21: 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, Co1 3:16 Co2 6:16; and the human nature of Christ is called a tabernacle, Heb 8:2; and he himself, in prophecy, is said to be "for a sanctuary", or temple, Isa 8:14, and...
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on John 2:21: temple of his body--in which was enshrined the glory of the eternal Word. (See on Joh 1:14). By its resurrection the true Temple of God upon earth was reared up, of which the stone one was but a shadow; so that the allusion is not quite exclusively to Himself, but takes in that Temple of which He is the foundation, and all believers are the "lively stones." (Pe1 2:4-5).
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on John 2:21: But he spake of the temple of his body. (i) That is, of his body.