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Text -- John 2:20-25 (NET)

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2:20 Then the Jewish leaders said to him, “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and are you going to raise it up in three days?” 2:21 But Jesus was speaking about the temple of his body. 2:22 So after he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the saying that Jesus had spoken.
Jesus at the Passover Feast
2:23 Now while Jesus was in Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover, many people believed in his name because they saw the miraculous signs he was doing. 2:24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people. 2:25 He did not need anyone to testify about man, for he knew what was in man.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Jerusalem the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin
 · Jews the people descended from Israel
 · Passover a Jewish religious feast. It may also refer to the lamb sacrificed and eaten at the feast.


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Jesus, The Christ | JESUS CHRIST, 4B | Temple | JESUS CHRIST, 4E1 | Resurrection of Christ | JESUS CHRIST, 2 | RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST, THE | TEMPLE, A2 | HEROD | Temple, Herod's | MIRACLE | Miracles | Word of God | Faith | Israel | Passover | NICODEMUS | Feasts | JOHN THE BAPTIST | JERUSALEM, 4 | more
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NET Notes: Joh 2:20 According to Josephus (Ant. 15.11.1 [15.380]), work on this temple was begun in the 18th year of Herod the Great’s reign, which would have been ...

NET Notes: Joh 2:21 Jesus was speaking about the temple of his body. For the author, the temple is not just the building, it is Jesus’ resurrected body. Compare the...

NET Notes: Joh 2:22 Or “statement”; Grk “word.”

NET Notes: Joh 2:23 Because they saw the miraculous signs he was doing. The issue here is not whether their faith was genuine or not, but what its object was. These indiv...

NET Notes: Joh 2:24 Grk “all.” The word “people” has been supplied for clarity, since the Greek word πάντας (pantas)...

NET Notes: Joh 2:25 See previous note on “man” in this verse.

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