to speak or say (by word or writing) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural
This
οὗτοςhoutos
G3778
the he (she or it) · demonstrative pronoun — nominative singular masculine
said
ἔφη·ephē
G5346
to show or make known one's thoughts · verb — imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular
able
δύναμαιdunamai
G1410
to be able or possible · verb — present middle or passive deponent indicative, 1st person singular
destroy
καταλῦσαιkatalusai
G2647
to loosen down (disintegrate) · verb — aorist active infinitive
temple
ναὸνnaon
G3485
a fane · noun — accusative singular masculine
God
θεοῦtheou
G2316
figuratively · noun — genitive singular masculine, a title
and
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
build
οἰκοδομῆσαιoikodomēsai
G3618
to be a house-builder · verb — aorist active infinitive
it
αὐτόςautós
G846
the reflexive pronoun self
in
διὰdia
G1223
through (in very wide applications · preposition
three
τριῶνtriōn
G5140
"three" · adjective — genitive plural feminine
days
ἡμερῶνhēmerōn
G2250
day · noun — genitive plural feminine
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).
Cross-references
John 2:19-21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
Matthew 27:40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cros…
Mark 15:29 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
Psalms 22:6-7 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
Isaiah 49:7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of…
Isaiah 53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised,…
Acts 18:13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
Genesis 19:9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse wit…
Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).
Commentary
John Gill on Matthew 26:61
And said, this fellow said,.... Or saith, as De Dieu observes, the Syriac version of this place should be rendered; that is, he has not only said in times past, referring to John 2:19, but continues to say it, and glory in it:
I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days; in which they did injury, both to his words and sense: he did not say, "I am able to destroy the temple", but only said, "destroy this temple"; signifying neither his power, nor his will and inclination to it; but put it upon the Jews, and left it to them to do it: nor did he say one word about the temple of God, or as it is in Mark 14:58, "this temple that is made with hands"; the temple at Jerusa…
Matthew 26:57-61
Matthew 26:57-61
Mark 14:53-59
Luke 22:54
57. But they who had apprehended Jesus led him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and elders were assembled. 58. And Peter followed him at a distance, as far as to the court of the high priest, and having gone in, he sat with the servants to see the end. 59. And the chief priests and elders, and the whole council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death, 60. And found none; even though many false witnesses came, they found none: but at length came two false witnesses, 61. Who said, This man said, I can destroy the temple of God, and build it in three days.
53. And they led Jesus to the high priest, an…
At last came two false witnesses. How are they false witnesses, when they repeat only what we read that the Lord spoke? A false witness is one who takes what is said in a different sense from that in which it was said. Now this the Lord had spoken of the temple of His Body, and they cavil at His expressions, and by a slight change and addition produce a plausible charge. The Lord's words were, Destroy this temple; (John 2:19.) this they make into, I can destroy the Temple of God. He said, Destroy, not 'I will destroy,' because it is unlawful to lay hands on ourselves. Also they phrased it, And build it again, making it apply to the temple of the Jews; but the Lord had said, And I will raise it up again, thus clearly pointing out a living and breathing temple. For to build again, and to raise again, are two different things.
(Verse 61.) But finally came two false witnesses, and said: He said: I can destroy the temple of God, and after three days rebuild it. How are they false witnesses if they say the things that we read the Lord said? But a false witness is one who does not understand the words in the same sense in which they are spoken. For the Lord had spoken about the temple of his body. But even in the words themselves, they slander, and by adding or changing a few things, they make it seem like a just accusation. The Savior had said: Destroy this temple; those men change it and say: I can destroy the temple of God. You, he said, destroy it, not me, because it is unlawful for us to lay hands on ourselves. Then they turn it: and after three days rebuild it; so that it may seem he had spoken properly about the Jewish temple. But the Lord, in order to show that an animal and breathing temple, had said: And in three days I will raise it up. To build is one thing, to raise is another.
The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).
Dictionary and topics
Annas — Was high priest A.D. 7-14. In A.D. 25 Caiaphas, who had married the daughter of Annas (John 18:13), was raised to that office, and probably Annas was now made president of the Sanhedrim, or deputy or…
Accusation, False · .Against Jesus — .Against Jesus
Court · .COMPOSITION OF, AND MO — .COMPOSITION OF, AND MO
False Teachers · Against Jesus — Against Jesus
High Priest, The · Duties of: Presiding in the superior court — Duties of: Presiding in the superior court
Indictments · First, of blasphemy — First, of blasphemy
Judge · Priests and Levites as — Priests and Levites as
Prisoners · Jesus — Jesus
Slander · Exemplified: Witnesses against Christ — Exemplified: Witnesses against Christ
Temple, The Second · The Jews: Considered it blasphemy to speak against — The Jews: Considered it blasphemy to speak against
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
