Mt 26:61, Lk 24:46, Acts 10:39-40, 1 Cor 15:3-4
Jesus is the true temple. (Jn 2:21)
Jn 2:21 But he spake of the temple of his body.
When Jesus said that he would raise the temple on the third day, he was referring to Jesus' death and resurrection on the third day. (Jn 2:19-20,Mt 26:61, Lk 24:46)
Jn 2:19 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?
Mt 26:61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
The Old Testament prophesied that Christ would die and rise again the third day. As the Old Testament prophesied, Jesus died on the cross and rose from the dead on the third day. That is, Jesus is the Christ prophesied in the Old Testament. (Lk 24:46,Acts 10:39-40, 1 Cor 15:3-4)
Lk 24:46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
Acts 10:39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: 40 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;
1 Cor 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: