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...

This is where the subtlety of John’s narrative comes into its own. I will argue that John’s narrative contains intimations that Jesus himself, as the new Temple, will be destroyed and raised again. There is therefore no future for the old Temple and its sacrifices. God no more dwells within its walls, and its sacrifices have been replaced by Jesus, the Passover sacrifice. Jesus is now the house of the Father. God dwells in Jesus. Jn 2:17 reads, ‘His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal

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