1. John 2:13-22

2. John 2:19 "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

3. John 18:21
Why do you ask Me? Ask those who have heard Me what I said to them. Indeed they know what I said."

4. “Indeed they know what I said.”
Jesus before the Sanhedrin council: Matthew 26:57-68
Those who passed by at the cross: Matthew 27:39,40
After the crucifixion: Chief priest and Pharisees: Matt. 27:62-64
False accusers against Stephen: Acts 6:8-14

5. Jesus’ Death & Resurrection. The central event of all History!
Matthew 12:38-40 – Jonah
Matthew 16:15,16, 21-23
Matthew 17:22,23; 20:17-19; 21:38,39; 26:2
John 20:1,2; Mark 16:9-14
John 2:22 ~ Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this to them; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said.
Misunderstood

6. Jesus’ Death & Resurrection. The foundation of all the rest!
Rom 1:4 ~ “ … declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.” NKJV
1 Cor 15:1-4 ~ Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you — unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, NKJV

7. Jesus’ Death & Resurrection. The foundation of all the rest!
Rom 10:9 ~ …if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
Rom 4:24-25 ~ It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification.
Rom 6:4 ~ Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

8. Jesus’ Death & Resurrection. The foundation of all the rest!
Acts 17:31 ~… He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.
1 Peter 1:3 ~ … who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Cor. 15:13-22

9. APPLICATIONS!
The tendency to first see and emphasize the physical over the spiritual causes us to miss important messages!
John 3:3,4 – born again?; John 4:10 – living water?; John 4:32,33 – food to eat?; John 6:41,42,51,52 – bread from heaven?
Matt. 6:19-21,25-33 – treasure?
Luke 12:20,21 – rich?
3 John 2 – prosper?
2 Cor. 4:16-5:1 – eternal, temporary!

10. APPLICATIONS!
There is value in asking and seeking more information when we do not understand Scripture!
Mark 9:31-32 ~ For He taught His disciples and said to them, "The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill Him. And after He is killed, He will rise the third day." But they did not understand this saying, and were afraid to ask Him.
1 Tim. 4:15; Psa. 119:162; 2 Tim. 2:15

11. APPLICATIONS!
Our understanding and knowledge grow with the maturity of our faith.
John 13:7 ~ Jesus answered and said to him, "What I am doing you do not understand now, but you will know after this." NKJV
John 12:16; Luke 24:25-27, 44-48
Heb. 5:12,14
Acts 2:22-25,34,36-37

12. John 2:22
Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this to them; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said.