The Temple of Jesus’ Body: The Temple Theme in the Gospel of John (Biblia.com)

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This book is a study of the Johannine Christian response to the fall of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 C.E. A crucial text in this investigation is Jn 2:13-22 and its context, which provide a lens through which other texts in John are viewed. Kerr’s examination of the Temple festivals of Passover, Tabernacles, and Dedication suggests that in Jesus fulfils and replaces these, while in the case of the...

his disciples, first in 2:11 and not again until ch. 17.28 And those who respond to Jesus in faith do so outside of the Temple.29 The Temple is never the place of faith in Jesus and never the place of the experience of his (and/or his Father’s) glory. It seems to me then that Lieu’s conclusions, at least by implication, point towards the Temple being under judgment and that Jesus replaces the Temple as the locus of Father’s glory. The significance of this recent article is that it interacts with

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