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and said, "This man said, `I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.`"
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Commentators unanimously point out that the witnesses deliberately distorted Jesus's words. He had said, "Destroy this temple" (referring to his body), but they changed it to "I am able to destroy the temple of God." Scholars explain this twisted his words, meaning, and intent, turning a prophecy about his resurrection into a false charge of sacrilege.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And said, This fellow said, etc. Mark has recorded this testimony differently. According to him, they said, We heard him say, I will d…
I am able to destroy the temple of God (δυναμα καταλυσα τον ναον του θεου). What he had said (John 2:19) referred to t…
19th Century
Anglican
This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God — It is remarkable that the two Gospels which record this charge do not r…
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Baptist
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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Jesus was hurried into Jerusalem. It looks ill, and bodes worse, when those who are willing to be Christ's disciples are not willing to be known as…
13th Century
Catholic
This section discusses Christ’s arrest; now, it discusses where He would be led, describing the place and those gathered there. He says, therefore:…
