What
is a temple?
Dictionary
the
house of worship of Reform and some Conservative Jewish congregations.
either
of two successive national sanctuaries in ancient Jerusalem.
the
flattened space on each side of the forehead of some mammals including humans.
__________
The scriptures refer to a temple in three different ways; our body is a temple.
A physical building as a temple.
The side of our head as a temple.
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1
Corinthians 6;19-20
Or
do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who
is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have
been bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body.
Judges 4;21
But
Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg and seized a hammer in her hand, and went
secretly to him and drove the peg into his temple, and it went through
into the ground; for he was sound asleep and exhausted. So he died.
Judges
4:22
And
behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him and said to him,
“Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” And he entered with
her, and behold Sisera was lying dead with the tent peg in his temple.
1
Samuel 1;9
Then
Hannah rose after eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting
on the seat by the doorpost of the temple of the Lord.
1
Samuel 3;3
and
the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple
of the Lord where the ark of God was.
2
Samuel 7;1
[ David
Plans to Build a Temple ] Now it came about when the king lived in
his house, and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies;
2
Samuel 22;7
“In
my distress I called upon the Lord, Yes, I cried to my God; And from His temple
He heard my voice, And my cry for help came into His ears.
1
Kings 6;1
[ The
Building of the Temple ] Now it came about in the four hundred and
eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the
fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the
second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord.
1
Kings 7;13
[ Hiram’s
Work in the Temple ] Now King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from
Tyre.
1
Kings 8;1
[ The
Ark Brought into the Temple ] Then Solomon assembled the elders of
Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ households
of the sons of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the
covenant of the Lord from the city of David, which is Zion.
2
Kings 12;4
[ The
Temple to Be Repaired ] Then Jehoash said to the priests, “All the
money of the sacred things which is brought into the house of the Lord, in
current money, both the money of each man’s assessment and all
the money which any man’s heart prompts him to bring into the house of the
Lord.
2
Kings 18;16
At
that time Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple
of the Lord, and from the doorposts which Hezekiah king of Judah had
overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
2
Kings 23;27
The
Lord said, “I will remove Judah also from My sight, as I have removed Israel.
And I will cast off Jerusalem, this city which I have chosen, and the temple
of which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’”
2
Kings 24;13
He
carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the
treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which
Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, just as the
Lord had said.
2
Kings 25;14
They
took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the bronze
vessels which were used in temple service.
2
Kings 25;18
Then
the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second
priest, with the three officers of the temple.
1
Chronicles 9;2
Now
the first who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel,
the priests, the Levites and the temple servants.
1
Chronicles 9;33
Now
these are the singers, heads of fathers’ households of the Levites, who
lived in the chambers of the temple free from other service;
for they were engaged in their work day and night.
1
Chronicles 22;1
[ David
Prepares for Temple Building ] Then David said, “This is the house
of the Lord God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”
Psalm
5;7
But
I, by your great love, can come into your house; in reverence I bow down toward
your holy temple.
Psalm
11;4
The
Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord is on his heavenly throne. He
observes everyone on earth; his eyes examine them.
Psalm
18;6
In
my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help. From his temple
he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.
Psalm
27;4
One
thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house
of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to
seek him in his temple.
Psalm
29;9
The
voice of the Lord twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in his temple
all cry, “Glory!”
Psalm
30;1
[ A psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple. Of
David. ] I will exalt you, Lord, for you lifted me out of the depths and
did not let my enemies gloat over me.
Psalm
48;9
Within
your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.
Psalm
65;4
Blessed
are those you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We are filled with
the good things of your house, of your holy temple.
Psalm
66;13
I
will come to your temple with burnt offerings and fulfill my vows to
you—
Psalm
68;29
Because
of your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring you gifts.
Psalm
79;1
O God, the nations have invaded your
inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple, they have reduced
Jerusalem to rubble.
Psalm
138;2
I
will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your
unfailing love and your faithfulness, for you have so exalted your solemn
decree that it surpasses your fame.
Matthew
4;5
Then
the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of
the temple.
Matthew
12;5
Or
haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple
desecrate the Sabbath and yet are innocent?
Matthew
12;6
I
tell you that something greater than the temple is here.
Matthew
17;24
After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the
collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked,
“Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?”
Matthew
21;12
[ Jesus
at the Temple ] Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out
all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money
changers and the benches of those selling doves.
Matthew
21;14
The
blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.
Matthew
21;15
But
when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he
did and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son
of David,” they were indignant.
Matthew
21;23
Jesus entered the temple courts,
and, while he was teaching, the chief priests and the elders of the people came
to him. “By what authority are you doing these things?” they asked. “And who
gave you this authority?”
Matthew
23;16
“Woe
to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means
nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by
that oath.’
Matthew
23;17
You
blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the
gold sacred?
Matthew
23;21
And
anyone who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells
in it.
Matthew
24;1
[ The
Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End Times ] Jesus left
the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to
call his attention to its buildings.
Matthew
26;55
In
that hour Jesus said to the crowd, “Am I leading a rebellion, that you have
come out with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day I sat in the temple
courts teaching, and you did not arrest me.
Matthew
26;61
and
declared, “This fellow said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and
rebuild it in three days.’”
Matthew
27;5
So
Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and
hanged himself.
Matthew
27;40
and
saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three
days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!”
Matthew
27;51
At
that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to
bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split.
Mark
11;11
Jesus
entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courts. He looked around at
everything, but since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the
Twelve.
Mark
11;12
[ Jesus
Curses a Fig Tree and Clears the Temple Courts ] The next day as
they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry.
Mark
11;16
and
would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.
Mark
11;27
[ The
Authority of Jesus Questioned ] They arrived again in Jerusalem, and while
Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the teachers
of the law and the elders came to him.
Mark
12;35
[ Whose
Son Is the Messiah? ] While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts,
he asked, “Why do the teachers of the law say that the Messiah is the son of
David?
Mark
12;41
Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings
were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple
treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts.