Mark 14:58

58 "We heard him saying, 'I will destroy this temple made by hands, and within three days I will build another not made by hands."

Mark 14:58 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 14:58

We heard him say
In a discourse of his, recorded in ( John 2:19 ) :

I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three
days I will build another made without hands;
which was a very false testimony; for Christ did not say be would destroy any temple at all, only put the Jews on doing it; much less did he point at, or design the temple of Jerusalem, but his own body; nor did he use the distinction of a temple, made with and without hands; nor did he affirm that he would build another; only said, he would raise up in three days, that which they should destroy. By this testimony these witnesses would suggest, that Christ had a design upon their temple to demolish it, and that he must be a sorcerer, or a magician, to pretend to build a temple without hands in three days time; (See Gill on Matthew 26:61).

Mark 14:58 In-Context

56 For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony was not consistent.

57 And some stood up [and] began to give false testimony against him, saying,

58 "We heard him saying, 'I will destroy this temple made by hands, and within three days I will build another not made by hands."

59 And their testimony was not even consistent about this.

60 And the high priest stood up in the midst [of them] [and] asked Jesus, saying, "Do you not reply anything? What are these [people] testifying against you?"