A useful observation, because it calls attention to the Spirit and the Temple. This relationship was embedded in Near Eastern, and further Eastern, traditions long prior to Jesus, and he clearly focused them. His immediate source was John the Immerser (conventionally called the Baptist). John was the likely conduit of a formative influence on Jesus, and therefore eventually on religions of fhe West. Rabbi Jesus traces that development, and Rabbi Paul continues the story.
A useful observation, because it calls attention to the Spirit and the Temple. This relationship was embedded in Near Eastern, and further Eastern, traditions long prior to Jesus, and he clearly focused them. His immediate source was John the Immerser (conventionally called the Baptist). John was the likely conduit of a formative influence on Jesus, and therefore eventually on religions of fhe West. Rabbi Jesus traces that development, and Rabbi Paul continues the story.