Matthew 26:61

said, “This One said, I am able to throw down the temple of God, and after three days to build it.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

In Context

60and they did not find; and many false witnesses having come near, they did not find; and at last two false witnesses having come near,

62And the chief priest having stood up, said to Him, “Nothing You answer? What do these witness against You?”

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Cross References

Genesis 19:9And they say, “Come near here”; they also say, “This one has come to sojourn, and he certainly judges! Now, we do evil to you more than [to] them”; and they press against the man, against Lot greatly, and come near to break the door.

2 Kings 9:11And Jehu has gone out to the servants of his lord, and [one] says to him, “Is there peace? Why did this madman come to you?” And he says to them, “You have known the man and his talk.”

Isaiah 49:7Thus said YHWH, Redeemer of Israel, His Holy One, || To the despised in soul, || To the detested of a nation, || To the Servant of rulers: “Kings see, and have risen, princes, and worship, || For the sake of YHWH, who is faithful, || The Holy of Israel, and He chooses You.”

Jeremiah 26:8and it comes to pass, at the completion of Jeremiah’s speaking all that YHWH has commanded him to speak to all the people, that the priests, and the prophets, and all the people catch him, saying, “You surely die!

Matthew 12:24But the Pharisees having heard, said, “This One does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul, ruler of the demons.”

Matthew 27:40and saying, “You that are throwing down the temple, and in three days building [it], save Yourself; if You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

Matthew Henry on Matthew 26:58-69

Christ in the High Priest's Palace. 57 And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. 58 But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. 59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; 60 But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false… Read the whole commentary →

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