Charles Ellicott Commentary Mark 14:58

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Mark 14:58

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Mark 14:58

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"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." — Mark 14:58 (ASV)

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 the “Holy Place” of the Temple.

Made with hands . . . made without hands.—The antithesis is peculiar to St. Mark, but we may, perhaps, trace an echo of it in the more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, (Hebrews 9:11).