JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="https://raw.github.com/janl/mustache.js/0.7.2/mustache.js"></script>
<div id="div-template" style="display:none">
  <p>Doesn't work:</p>
  <table>
      <tr>
        {{#numbers}} <th> {{.}} </th> {{/numbers}}
      </tr>
  </table>
</div>

<script id="script-template" type="text/html">
  <p>Works:</p>
  <table>
      <tr>
        {{#numbers}} <th> {{.}} </th> {{/numbers}}
      </tr>
  </table>
</script>

<div id="div-rendered"></div>
<div id="script-rendered"></div>

JavaScript

var json = {
  "numbers": [ 1, 2, 3 ]
  };

var divTemplate = Mustache.to_html($('#div-template').html(), json).replace(/^\s*/mg, '');
$('#div-rendered').html(divTemplate);



var scriptTemplate = Mustache.to_html($('#script-template').html(), json).replace(/^\s*/mg, '');
$('#script-rendered').html(scriptTemplate);