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19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 The Jews then said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple, and yet You will raise it up in three days?” 21 But He was speaking about the temple of His body. 22 So when He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.--- John 2:19-22 NASBv19-20 - The Jews understood Jesus to mean the Temple out of which he had just driven the merchants and money changers. This was the Temple Zerubbabel had built over 500 years earlier, but Herod the Great had begun remodeling it, making it much larger and far more beautiful. It had been 46 years since this remodeling had started (20 BC), and it still wasn’t completely finished. They understood Jesus’ words to mean that this imposing building could be torn down and rebuilt in three days, and they were startled. v21-22 - Jesus was not talking about the Temple made of stones. But about his body. His listeners didn’t realize it, but Jesus was greater than the Temple (Matthew 12:6). His words would take on meaning for his disciples after his resurrection. That Christ so perfectly fulfilled this prediction became the strongest proof for his claims to be God.--- Life Application Study Bible notesPRAYERDear Lord,Praise You, Jesus, that You are the son of God and the new temple through which we may come to God the Father.The temple of Your Body was destroyed but in three days, the same physical Body was raised up.Thank you for showing us the way to eternal life that all who believe in You may not perish but have everlasting life. Thank you for the indwelling Spirit of God living within me making my body a temple for Holy Spirit.Fill me with your Holy Spirit so I can reflect Your goodness in all I do.To You be all praise and glory.In Jesus’ name Amen