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Good News Translation

Mark 14:58

"We heard him say, ‘I will tear down this Temple which men have made, and after three days I will build one that is not made by men.'"

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Accusation, False;   Blasphemy;   Court;   False Teachers;   Government;   Indictments;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Priest;   Prisoners;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Caiaphas;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Building;   Church, the;   Worship;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Philip the Evangelist;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   Mark, the Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Caiaphas;   John, Gospel of;   Messiah;   Mss;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Building ;   Law (2);   Libertines;   Numbers (2);   Passion Week;   Persecution;   Peter;   Self-Control;   Temple (2);   Trial of Jesus;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Chamber;   Christ;   Passover;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jesus Christ, the Arrest and Trial of;   Resurrection of Jesus Christ, the;   Stephen;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Christianity in Its Relation to Judaism;   New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with human hands, and in three days I will build another not made by hands.’”
King James Version (1611)
We heard him say, I will destroy this Temple that is made with hands, and within three dayes I will build another made without hands.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
"We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.'"
New American Standard Bible
"We heard Him say, 'I will destroy this temple that was made by hands, and in three days I will build another, made without hands.'"
New Century Version
"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.'"
Amplified Bible
"We heard Him say, 'I will destroy this temple (sanctuary) that was made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"We heard Him say, 'I will destroy this temple made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'"
Legacy Standard Bible
"We ourselves heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this sanctuary made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'"
Berean Standard Bible
"We heard Him say, 'I will destroy this man-made temple, and in three days I will build another that is made without hands.'"
Contemporary English Version
"We heard him say he would tear down this temple that we built. He also claimed that in three days he would build another one without any help."
Complete Jewish Bible
"We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this Temple made with hands; and in three days I will build another one, not made with hands.'"
Darby Translation
*We* heard him saying, *I* will destroy this temple which is made with hands, and in the course of three days I will build another not made with hands.
Easy-to-Read Version
"We heard this man say, ‘I will destroy this Temple built by human hands. And three days later, I will build another Temple not made by human hands.'"
Geneva Bible (1587)
We hearde him say, I will destroy this Temple made with hands, & within three daies I will builde another, made without hands.
George Lamsa Translation
We heard him say, I will tear down this temple which is made with hands, and in three days I will build another which is not made with hands.
Lexham English Bible
"We heard him saying, ‘I will destroy this temple made by hands, and within three days I will build another not made by hands."
Literal Translation
We heard Him saying, I will throw down this temple made with hands, and through three days I will build another not made with hands.
American Standard Version
We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.
Bible in Basic English
He said in our hearing, I will put an end to this Temple which is made with hands, and in three days I will make another without hands.
Hebrew Names Version
"We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'"
International Standard Version
"We ourselves heard him say, 'I will destroy this sanctuary made by humanhuman">[fn] hands, and in three days I will build another one not made by humanhuman">[fn] hands.'"Mark 15:29; John 2:19;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
We heard him say, I dissolve this temple which is made with hands, and in three days I build another not made with hands.
Murdock Translation
We have heard him say: I will destroy this temple, which is made with hands; and in three days I will build another not made with hands.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
We hearde hym say: I wyll destroy this temple that is made with handes, and within three dayes I wyll buylde another, made without handes.
English Revised Version
We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.
World English Bible
"We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
saying, We heard him say, I will destroy this temple made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.
Weymouth's New Testament
"We have heard him say, `I will pull down this Sanctuary built by human hands, and three days afterwards I will erect another built without hands.'"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seiden, For we `han herd hym seiynge, Y schal vndo this temple maad with hondis, and aftir the thridde dai Y schal bilde another not maad with hondis.
Update Bible Version
We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
New English Translation
"We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands and in three days build another not made with hands.'"
New King James Version
"We heard Him say, "I will destroy this temple made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands."'
New Living Translation
"We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this Temple made with human hands, and in three days I will build another, made without human hands.'"
New Life Bible
"We have heard Him say, ‘I will destroy the house of God that was made with hands. In three days I will build another that is not made with hands.'"
New Revised Standard
"We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.'"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
We, heard him saying, I, will pull down this shrine, the one made by hand, and, in three days, another, not made by hand, will I raise.
Douay-Rheims Bible
We heard him say, I Will destroy this temple made with hands and within three days I will build another not made with hands.
Revised Standard Version
"We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.'"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
We herde him saye: I will destroye this temple made with hondes and with in thre dayes I will bylde another made with out hondes.
Young's Literal Translation
`We heard him saying -- I will throw down this sanctuary made with hands, and by three days, another made without hands I will build;'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
We herde him saye: I wil breake downe this temple that is made with hodes, and in thre dayes buylde another not made wt handes.
Mace New Testament (1729)
saying, we heard him say, "I will pull down this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands."
Simplified Cowboy Version
"We heard Jesus say he would destroy the main church and replace it three days later with one built by God himself."

Contextual Overview

53 Then Jesus was taken to the High Priest's house, where all the chief priests, the elders, and the teachers of the Law were gathering. 54 Peter followed from a distance and went into the courtyard of the High Priest's house. There he sat down with the guards, keeping himself warm by the fire. 55 The chief priests and the whole Council tried to find some evidence against Jesus in order to put him to death, but they could not find any. 56 Many witnesses told lies against Jesus, but their stories did not agree. 57 Then some men stood up and told this lie against Jesus: 58 "We heard him say, ‘I will tear down this Temple which men have made, and after three days I will build one that is not made by men.'" 59 Not even they, however, could make their stories agree. 60 The High Priest stood up in front of them all and questioned Jesus, "Have you no answer to the accusation they bring against you?" 61 But Jesus kept quiet and would not say a word. Again the High Priest questioned him, "Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed God?" 62 "I am," answered Jesus, "and you will all see the Son of Man seated at the right side of the Almighty and coming with the clouds of heaven!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Daniel 2:34, Daniel 2:45, Acts 7:48, 2 Corinthians 5:1, Hebrews 9:11, Hebrews 9:24

Reciprocal: Zechariah 6:12 - he shall build Mark 15:29 - Ah John 2:19 - Destroy Acts 6:14 - that Acts 7:1 - Are Colossians 2:11 - without

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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;

John 2:19- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this fully explained in the notes at Matthew 26:57-75.


 
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