The Sign of the Resurrection in John chapter 2

John 2:18-21 - Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body.

When the Jews ask for a sign of His authority, Jesus always gives them the sign of the resurrection.

The sign of the resurrection.

The resurrection of Christ proves:

• His authority over God's house - John 2:13-22



• His authority to judge living & dead - Acts 17:31



• His deity, eternal Sonship - Romans 1:4



• His death acceptable to the Father - Romans 4:24-25



• His eternal intercession for our security - Hebrews 7:24-25

The above note also at Matthew 12:38-40.

John 2:13 - And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

As Deuteronomy 16:16 said every adult Jewish man must. Jesus always kept the Law perfectly.

John 2:23-25 - Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.

As only God can. Jesus is God!

He also knew some were false professors. They departed later, John 6:64-66.

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