Some stood up, and gave false testimony against him, saying, “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.’ ”
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Peter had followed him from a distance, until he came into the court of the high priest. He was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire. Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none. For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony didn’t agree with each other. Some stood up, and gave false testimony against him, saying, “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.’ ” Even so, their testimony didn’t agree.
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Some stood up, and gave false testimony against him, saying,
“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.’ ”
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And ther aroose certayne and brought falce witnes agaynste him sayinge.
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.
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Then there arose certaine, and bare false witnesse against him, saying,
We hearde him say, I will destroy this Temple made with hands, and within three daies I will builde another, made without hands.
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Cross-references (15)
- John 2:19 (v58) Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
- 2 Corinthians 5:1 (v58) For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the…
- Hebrews 9:11 (v58) But Christ having come as a high priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands,…
- Mark 15:29 (vv57–58) Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,
- Matthew 26:60-61 (v57) and they found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward, and…
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- Acts 6:13-14 (v57) and set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law. For we have…
- Acts 7:48 (v58) However, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
- Hebrews 9:24 (v58) For Christ hasn’t entered into holy places made with hands, which are representations of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in…
- Daniel 2:34 (v58) You saw until a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
- Jeremiah 26:8-9 (v57) When Jeremiah had finished speaking all that Yahweh had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the prophets and all the…
- Jeremiah 26:18 (v57) “Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies…
- Daniel 2:45 (v58) Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the…
- Matthew 27:40 (v57) and saying, “You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
- John 2:18-21 (v57) The Jews therefore answered him, “What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?” Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple,…
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv57–58 But he held his peace, and answered nothing,.... Knowing…
But he held his peace, and answered nothing,.... Knowing it would be to no purpose, and signifying hereby, that the things alleged against him were unworthy of an answer:
again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? The Vulgate Latin adds, "God": in Matthew it is "God" only, Mat 26:63. This is one of the names and epithets of God, with the Jews; nothing is more common in their writings, than this abbreviature, which is, , "the holy blessed he"; who is blessed in himself, and the fountain of all blessedness to his creatures, and who is blessed and praised by angels and saints; See Gill on Mat 26:63.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v58 We heard him say - It is observable, that…
We heard him say - It is observable, that the words which they thus misrepresented, were spoken by Christ at least three years before, John ii, 19. Their going back so far to find matter for the charge, was a glorious, though silent attestation of the unexceptionable manner wherein he had behaved, through the whole course of his public ministry.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v57 Thus has iniquity lied to itself, (Psalm xxvi.) as…
Thus has iniquity lied to itself, (Psalm xxvi.) as formerly in the case of the wife of Putiphar against Joseph, (Genesis xxix.) and the elders against Susanna. (Daniel) (St. Jerome)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv57–58 57. And there arose certain] Two at last came…
57. And there arose certain] Two at last came forward, whose evidence appeared likely to be more satisfactory.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv57–58 (57) There arose certain.—St. Mark is here less definite…
(57) There arose certain.—St. Mark is here less definite than St. Matthew, who, writing for Jews, was apparently anxious to show that the rule which required “two or three witnesses” in support of a criminal charge had barely been complied with.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On v57 Vers. 57, 58. And there stood up certain, and…
Vers. 57, 58. And there stood up certain, and bare false witness against him, saying, 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. St. Matthew (Mat_26:60) says that they were two. What our Lord had really said was this we read it in St. John (Joh_2:19) this temple; and in three days I will raise it up." These words the false witnesses perverted; for they assigned to Jesus the work of destruction which he left to the Jews. He did not say," I will destroy;" but "Do ye destroy, and I will rebuild." Nor did he say, "I will build another;" but "I will raise it up," that is, from the dead; for St. John tells us that "he spake of the temple of his body," in which, as in a temple, there dwelt the fullness of the Godhead.. He might have said plainly, "I will rise from the dead;" but he chose to speak as in a parable. According to their witness, however, our Lord"s words would appear as little more than an empty boast, certainly not as anything on account of which such a charge as they desired could be brought against him.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v57 brought false testimony against him
brought false testimony against him
Here speaking false testimony is described as if it were a physical object that someone can carry. AT: "accused him by speaking false testimony against him" (See: Metaphor)
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We heard him say
"We heard Jesus say." The word "we" refers to the people who brought false testimony against Jesus and does not include the people to whom they are speaking. (See: Exclusive and Inclusive "We")
made with hands
Here "hands" refers to men. AT: "made by men ... without man's help" or "built by men ... without man's help" (See: Synecdoche)
in three days
"within three days." This means that the temple would be built within a three-day period.
will build another
The word "temple" is understood from the previous phrase. It may be repeated. AT: "will build another temple" (See: Ellipsis)
did not agree
"contradicted each other." This can be written in positive form.
translationWords
corrupt witness
temple
testimony
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