Matthew 26:61

who testified, "This man said, `I am able to pull down the Sanctuary of God and three days afterwards to build a new one.'"

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

60but they could find none, although many false witnesses came forward. At length there came two

62Then the High Priest stood up and asked Him, "Have you no answer to make? What is it these men are saying in evidence against you?"

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Cross References

Matthew 12:24The Pharisees heard it and said, "This man only expels demons by the power of Baal-zebul, the Prince of demons."

Matthew 27:40and said, "You who would pull down the Sanctuary and build a new one within three days, save yourself. If you are God's Son, 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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