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John 2:21

John 2:21
But he spake of the temple of his body.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Of the temple of his body - Rather, the temple, his body: his body had no particular temple: but it was the temple of his Divinity - the place in which, as in the ancient temple, his Godhead dwelt;…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

spake Or, was speaking. Setting aside inspiration, S. John's explanation must be admitted as the true one. What better interpreter of the mind of Jesus can be found than -the disciple whom Jesus…