[Cvengr]

Our Lord was speaking very literally. His body was the temple of God the Holy Spirit.

[tabsternager]

“Our Lord was speaking very literally. His body was the temple of God the Holy Spirit.”

Apparently, there’s a misunderstanding here.

When I said they took him literally, I was referring to the fact that the Pharisees thought Jesus was talking about literally rebuilding the physical temple when He was, obviously, speaking about His body.

Which, BTW, there is no rebuilt temple (or third temple) mentioned in the NT because Christ is the Temple.