Matthew 26:61

Matthew 26:61

59 Now the chief priests,¹ the elders, and all the council sought ^afalse testimony against Jesus to put Him to death,

60 ¹but found none. Even though ^amany false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last ^btwo false witnesses came forward

61 and said, “This fellow said, ^a‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.’ ”

62 ^aAnd the high priest arose and said to Him, “Do You answer nothing? What is it these men testify against You?”

63 But ^aJesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, ^b“I put You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!”

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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I am able to destroy the temple of God (dunamai katalusai ton naon tou qeou). What he had said (John 2:19) referred to the temple of his body which they were to destroy (and did) and which he would raise again in three days as he did. It was a pitiful perversion of what Jesus had said and even so the two witnesses disagreed in their misrepresentation (Mark 14:59).

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 26:61:**

Mark 14:60
John 2:22
John 18:28

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