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Jesus Cleanses the Temple

John 2:21

In 9 translations

BSB
But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.
KJV
But he spake of the temple of his body.
WEB
But he spoke of the temple of his body.
ASV
But he spake of the temple of his body.
LSV
But He spoke concerning the temple of His body;
YLT
but he spake concerning the sanctuary of his body;
DBY
But he spoke of the temple of his body.
DRC
But he spoke of the temple of his body.
GNV
But he spake of the temple of his bodie.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἐκεῖνος δὲ ἔλεγεν περὶ τοῦ ναοῦ τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦ.
RP2018
Ἐκεῖνος δὲ ἔλεγεν περὶ τοῦ ναοῦ τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦ.
TR-Boyd
Ἐκεῖνος δὲ ἔλεγε περὶ τοῦ ναοῦ τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦ.
SCR1894
εκεινος δε ελεγεν περι του ναου του σωματος αυτου

Who and where

◆ First Passover and Temple Cleansing

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Corinthians 6:19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
  • 1 Corinthians 3:16Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
  • Colossians 2:9For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.
  • Colossians 1:19For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,
  • Hebrews 8:2and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.
  • Ephesians 2:20–22built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone. In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord. And in Him you too are being…
  • John 1:14The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
  • 2 Corinthians 6:16What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
  • 1 Peter 2:4–5As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight, you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices…

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