But he spake of the temple of his body.
But he spake of the temple of his body - in which was enshrined the glory of the eternal Word. (See the note at John 1:14.) By its resurrection the true Temple of God upon earth was reared up, of which the stone temple was but a shadow; so that the allusion, though to Himself, may be said to take in that temple of which He is the Foundation, and all believers are the "lively stones" (1 Peter 2:4-5).