Made with hands (χειροποιητον). In Mark alone. An old Greek word. The negative form αχειροποιητον here occurs elsewhere only in [R…

This temple.—The word here, as in Matthew 26:61 and John 2:19, is that which indicates generally the sanctuary or shrine, and here…

It was a rule that they should be examined separately, and there had not been time for them to be coached on what to say, so one contradicted the o…

Glossa Ordinaria: The Evangelist had related above how our Lord had been taken by the servants of the Priests. Now he begins t…

Soon a definite charge was made. Jesus had said he would destroy this “man-made temple” and build another “not made by man” in three days (compare …

We heard him say
In a discourse of his, recorded in (John 2:19) :

I will destroy this…

We have here Christ's condemnation before the great council of the Jews. Peter followed; but the high priest's fireside was not a proper place for …