In Part One we looked at the teaching of the Gospel of John as a whole in relation to the question of the nature of Jesus' resurrection, focusing on the narrative of Jesus' miracles and of his own resurrection. In this concluding Part Two, we will consider what three specific sayings of Jesus in the Gospel of John reveal about the resurrection of Jesus. The sentence is really quite simple, but I will point out certain elementary grammatical facts about this sentence in order to make sure the meaning is not missed.
Pronouns take the place of a noun, whether stated explicitly or implied.
Writers and speakers most commonly use a pronoun to refer to an object that is already designated in the immediately preceding context by a noun. So, in my example sentence the antecedent of her is the baby . That this is the case is clear enough in English and even clearer in Greek. Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up. Whatever was raised up, it was the same thing that was destroyed.