John Gill's Exposition on Mark 14:58

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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We heard him say, etc..] In a discourse of his, recorded in (<430219>John 2:19): I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands; which was a very false testimony; for Christ did not say be would destroy any temple at all, only put the Jews on doing it; much less did he point at, or design the temple of Jerusalem, but his own body; nor did he use the distinction of a temple, made with and without hands; nor did he affirm that he would build another; only said, he would raise up in three days, that which they should destroy. By this testimony these witnesses would suggest, that Christ had a design upon their temple to demolish it, and that he must be a sorcerer, or a magician, to pretend to build a temple without hands in three days time; (see Gill on “<402661>Matthew 26:61”).

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