MARK 14:58 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.”
We heard him say, I will destroy this temple made with human hands and in three days will build another, not made with hands — the testimony is a distortion of Jesus' temple teaching. Jesus never said I will destroy this temple — he predicted its destruction (13:2) without claiming to destroy it himself, and his reference to the temple rebuilt in three days was a reference to his own resurrection body (John 2:19–21). The distortion is enough to make the charge plausible but not enough to secure the required witness agreement.
Church Fathers on Mark 14:58
The Evangelist had related above how our Lord had been taken by the servants of the Priests. Now he begins to relate how He was condemned to death in the house of the High Priest.
He means by the High Priest, Caiaphas, who (as John writes) was High Priest that year, of whom Josephus relates that he bought his priesthood of the Roman Emperor.
Then took place the gathering together of the bulls among the heifers of the people. [Ps 67:31, Vulgate]
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