Was Jesus Speaking Literally Or Figuratively

[Road Runner]

When He was talking about being able to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days was He speaking literally or referencing destroying sin by dying on the cross and reconciling with us when He would rise again three days later? Or both possibly?

 

[mudwhistle]

When He was talking about being able to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days was He speaking literally or referencing destroying sin by dying on the cross and reconciling with us when He would rise again three days later? Or both possibly?

Figuratively...when it came to the Temple.
Literally when he was talking about himself.
Your body is your temple. Treat it as such.

 

[rightnow909]

When He was talking about being able to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days was He speaking literally or referencing destroying sin by dying on the cross and reconciling with us when He would rise again three days later? Or both possibly?

neither

he was speaking of his body being destroyed and then resurrected

it is up to us to allow Jesus to save us... We can't just "believe" and be saved..

"Even the demons believe and tremble" James 2:17

 

[mudwhistle]

neither

he was speaking of his body being destroyed and then resurrected

it is up to us to allow Jesus to save us... We can't just "believe" and be saved..

"Even the demons believe and tremble" James 2:17

He was speaking of himself....literally.

 

[Cecilie1200]

When He was talking about being able to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days was He speaking literally or referencing destroying sin by dying on the cross and reconciling with us when He would rise again three days later? Or both possibly?

He was referring to His own crucifixion. It says so later in the chapter.

13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. 15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16 To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” 17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”[c]

18 The Jews then responded to him, “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”

19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”

20 They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” 21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body. 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.