G3485

• {"n":"John 2:19","s":"Destroy this temple. Greek has two words for temple and this is the inner one.","u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/bible-translation-differences\/#id=john-2-19","r":"John 2:19","b":[{"l":"How modern translations read it","t":"Every version reads temple for both Greek words."},{"l":"First, in plain English","t":"**The house** and **the grounds**. If someone says tear down the house, nobody thinks he means the estate. One word for both and the sentence gets much harder."},{"l":"What you are seeing","t":"Naos is the sanctuary proper, the inner building. Hieron is the whole temple precinct including the courts. Verse 14 has Jesus in the hieron; verse 19 has him saying destroy this naos. John then tells you in verse 21 that he meant his body."},{"l":"Why translators split","t":"English has one word, so the shift from precinct to sanctuary inside five verses cannot be seen."},{"l":"The rule to carry away","t":"Where Greek has two words for one English word, watch for a passage that uses both. The switch is usually doing the work."},{"l":"Choosing between them","t":"Temple is universal for both. Some study Bibles note the distinction; no translation marks it."},{"l":"The word","t":"\u03bd\u03b1\u03cc\u03c2 naos \u00b7 G3485 \/ \u1f31\u03b5\u03c1\u03cc\u03bd hieron \u00b7 G2411"}],"src":["hieron at John 2:14; naos at 2:19-21","The accusation at Mark 14:58 uses naos","Paul uses naos of believers: 1 Corinthians 3:16; 6:19"]}