Mark 14:58

58 "We heard this man say, 'I will destroy this Temple that people made. And three days later, I will build another Temple not made by people.'"

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 Many people came and told false things about him, but all said different things -- none of them agreed.

57 Then some people stood up and lied about Jesus, saying,

58 "We heard this man say, 'I will destroy this Temple that people made. And three days later, I will build another Temple not made by people.'"

59 But even the things these people said did not agree.

60 Then the high priest stood before them and asked Jesus, "Aren't you going to answer? Don't you have something to say about their charges against you?"