The Gospel of John records that Jesus, having driven the money-changers out of the temple at Jerusalem, said, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. " That he did not refer to a structure of stone and wood is clearly seen in the explanation which John gave, "But he spake of the temple of his body.
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