confirming the link between the earthly temple and the new temple “not made with hands” that God is establishing in Jesus (see 14:58).2 Part of the key to interpreting the discourse properly is to read it in light of its biblical background, since Jesus’ words are brimming over with echoes and allusions to the prophets, especially Daniel. Moreover, Jesus speaks in the †typological manner of the prophets: that is, he sees God acting in history according to a pattern by which earlier events point forward