John 2:19

Jesus answered and said unto them,.... In a dark and enigmaticai way, though very properly and pertinently; since it was with respect to the temple, and his power over it, and right to purge it, that…

Destroy this temple - The evangelist informs us Joh 2:21 that by “temple,” here, he meant his body. It is not improbable that he pointed with his finger to his body as he spoke. The word “destroy,”…

Destroy this temple - Τον ναον τουτον, This very temple; perhaps pointing to his body at the same time.

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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…

Destroy this temple It is S. Matthew (Mat 26:61) and S. Mark (Mar 14:58, see notes) who tell us that this saying was twisted into a charge against Christ, but they do not record the saying. S. John,…