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Mark 14:58

We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.

KJV

ὅτι ἡμεῖς ἠκούσαμεν αὐτοῦ λέγοντος ὅτι ἐγὼ καταλύσω τὸν ναὸν τοῦτον τὸν χειροποίητον καὶ διὰ τριῶν ἡμερῶν ἄλλον ἀχειροποίητον οἰκοδομήσω.

Greek NT

Quoniam nos audivimus eum dicentem : Ego dissolvam templum hoc manu factum, et per triduum aliud non manu factum ædificabo.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

We heard him say, I Will destroy this temple made with hands and within three days I will build another not made with hands.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καταλύω
kataluo
verb · 17×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
ναός
naos
noun · 45×
οἰκοδομέω
oikodomeo
verb · 41×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
τρεῖς
treis
adjective · 67×
χειροποίητος
cheiropoietos
adjective · 6×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἀχειροποίητος
acheiropoietos
adjective · 3×
ἄλλος
allos
adjective · 154×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§585On the threshold of his Passion Jesus announced the coming destruction of this splendid building, of which there would not remain "one stone upon another".356 By doing so, he announced a sign of the last days, which were to begin with his own Passover.357 But this prophecy would be distorted in its telling by false witnesses during his interrogation at the high priest's house, …

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 5:1 — For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
  • 2Cor 5:1 — For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
  • Acts 7:48 — Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
  • Dan 2:34 — Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
  • Heb 9:11 — But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
  • Heb 9:11 — But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
  • Heb 9:24 — For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
  • Heb 9:24 — For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
  • John 2:19 — Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
  • John 2:19 — Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
  • Mark 15:29 — And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
  • Mark 15:29 — And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,