Again, John 2 is not Matthew 24. Matthew 26 is not Matthew 24 either. The text in those two passages clearly tells us that, when talking to the Council, Jesus was talking about His physical body. That is not the case in Matthew 24. The disciples asked about the stone temple; Jesus' answer in no way hints that He was talking about anything other than the stone temple. The temple was indeed torn down, stone by stone, within that generation. The reader must engage in eisegesis to make Jesus' words about anything but the stone temple.
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Matthew 26:1-4
1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,
2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.
3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
Matthew 26:59-61KJV
59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
60 But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
It's quite strange how you believe that Jesus Christ was talking about actual stones, when he was clearly talking about the temple being destroyed in the spiritual.
It appears that you are sitting on the sidelines with the Pharisees in believing it's a literal temple, that took 46 years to build, smiles!
Yes Jesus Christ told his disciples the temple would be destroyed in Matthew 24:1-2, and yes in John 2-22, these very same words are seen in a Parallel teaching.
Matthew 24:1-2
1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Matthew 26:59-61KJV
59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
60 But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
John 2:19-22KJV
19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
21 But he spake of the temple of his body.
22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
Again, John 2 is not Matthew 24. Matthew 26 is not Matthew 24 either. The text in those two passages clearly tells us that, when talking to the Council, Jesus was talking about His physical body. That is not the case in Matthew 24. The disciples asked about the stone temple; Jesus' answer in no way hints that He was talking about anything other than the stone temple. The temple was indeed torn down, stone by stone, within that generation. The reader must engage in eisegesis to make Jesus' words about anything but the stone temple.
Matthew 26:1-4 &
1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,
2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.
3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.