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Re:Center Ministries (9/3/19)
So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?”
Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?”
But he was speaking about the temple of his body.
When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
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So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?”
What are these things that the Jews are asking Jesus about?
The context helps us answer this question ()
Setting: Jerusalem
Event: Passover
Course of action(s):
Jesus uses physical force to drive out those who are treating the temple like a marketplace.
The misuse of the temple angers Jesus.
The sacred space is used for earthly business.
“Take these things away; do not make my Father’s house a house of trade.”
Reference: ; ; ;
; -- quoted by Jesus in Matthews account.
He then healed the blind and the lame who came to him, af
His disciples in response remembered what it was written in Scripture, “Zeal for your house will consume me” ()
What are signs?
Why are they asking for a sign?
Whatever Jesus did, it must be contingent to whether he can perform such a sign or not.
What can we conclude from this?
Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
The sign that Jesus will show the Jews to vindicate his action is: raising up the temple once they destroy it.
Jesus exudes firmness in his proposal and competency.
What can we conclude from this?
The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?”
The Jews responds with:
Disbelief
… rooted on the basis of reality.
They’re not being cynical and pessimistic without a good reason.
They have good reasons to feel and respond the way they did.
Has anything in Jewish history prior to 1st century been rebuilt in three days that took 46 years to build?
I doubt it.
What can we conclude from this?
But he was speaking about the temple of his body.
It’s clear to us as readers that Jesus was referring to his physical human body and not the temple that the Jews were referring to.
But contextually, did they know that?
Or did they believe that Jesus was referring to the temple.
I strongly believe that the context does not give us any reasons to believe that the Jews knew exactly what Jesus was talking about.
Only in retrospect, the author of this gospel knew what Jesus meant as well.
In , when Jesus speaks to the Samaritan woman, he informs her that an hour is coming and is now here when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth.
Preceding this sentence, Jesus said that the worship will neither be on the mountain or in Jerusalem referring to the temple.
He is alluding to the fact that he will be the Temple for the people of God to worship in.
What can we conclude from this?
When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
It is interesting to see that the author included his own commentary into the narrative.
Nonetheless, the retrospective data caused the disciples to not only believe in the word that Jesus had spoken: “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again” but they believed the Scripture.
What can we conclude from this?
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