SEV Biblia, Chapter 26:61
que dijeron: Este dijo: Puedo derribar el Templo de Dios, y en tres días reedificarlo.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:61
Verse 61. I am able to destroy the temple of God] 1st. These words were not fairly quoted. Jesus had said, John ii. 19, Destroy this temple, and I will build it again in three days. 2dly. The inuendo which they produce, applying these words to a pretended design to destroy the temple at Jerusalem, was utterly unfair; for these words he spoke of the temple of his body. It is very easy, by means of a few small alterations, to render the most holy things and innocent persons odious to the world, and even to take away the life of the innocent.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 61. And said, this fellow said , etc.] Or saith, as De Dieu observes, the Syriac version of this place should be rendered; that is, he has not only said in times past, referring to ( John 2:19), but continues to say it, and glory in it: I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days ; in which they did injury, both to his words and sense: he did not say, I am able to destroy the temple, but only said, destroy this temple; signifying neither his power, nor his will and inclination to it; but put it upon the Jews, and left it to them to do it: nor did he say one word about the temple of God, or as it is in ( Mark 14:58), this temple that is made with hands; the temple at Jerusalem, which was made by the hands of men, and devoted to the worship of God; but only this temple, referring to his body, or human nature; in which he, the Son of God, dwelt, as in a temple; nor did he say that he was able to build it in three days, but that he would raise it up in three days; intending the resurrection of his body by his own power, after it had been dead three days; and so they perverted his sense, as well as misquoted his words; applying that to the material temple at Jerusalem, what he spoke of the temple of his body, and of its resurrection from the dead, on the third day; designing hereby to fix a charge, both of sacrilege and sorcery upon him: of sacrilege, in having a design upon the temple of God to destroy it; and of sorcery, or familiarity with the devil, and having assistance from him, or knowledge of the magic art, that he could pretend in three days to rebuild a temple, which had been forty and six years in building; and was what could never be done, but by help of Beelzebub, the prince of devils, by whom it was insinuated he did all his miracles.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 57-68 - 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 to be so. Here began Peter's denying him: for to follow Chris afar off, is to begin to go back from him. It is more our concern to prepare for the end, whatever it may be, than curiously to ask what the end will be. The event is God's, but the duty is ours. Now the Scriptures were fulfilled, which said, False witnesses are risen u against me. Christ was accused, that we might not be condemned; and i at any time we suffer thus, let us remember we cannot expect to far better than our Master. When Christ was made sin for us, he was silent and left it to his blood to speak. Hitherto Jesus had seldom professe expressly to be the Christ, the Son of God; the tenor of his doctrin spoke it, and his miracles proved it; but now he would not omit to make an open confession of it. It would have looked like declining his sufferings. He thus confessed, as an example and encouragement to his followers, to confess him before men, whatever hazard they ran Disdain, cruel mocking, and abhorrence, are the sure portion of the disciple as they were of the Master, from such as would buffet an deride the Lord of glory. These things were exactly foretold in the fiftieth chapter of Isaiah. Let us confess Christ's name, and bear the reproach, and he will confess us before his Father's throne.
Greek Textus Receptus
υστερον 5305 ADV δε 1161 CONJ προσελθοντες 4334 5631 V-2AAP-NPM δυο 1417 A-NUI ψευδομαρτυρες 5575 N-NPM ειπον 2036 5627 V-2AAI-3P ουτος 3778 D-NSM εφη 5346 5713 V-IXI-3S δυναμαι 1410 5736 V-PNI-1S καταλυσαι 2647 5658 V-AAN τον 3588 T-ASM ναον 3485 N-ASM του 3588 T-GSM θεου 2316 N-GSM και 2532 CONJ δια 1223 PREP τριων 5140 A-GPF ημερων 2250 N-GPF οικοδομησαι 3618 5658 V-AAN αυτον 846 P-ASM
Robertson's NT Word Studies
26:61 {I am able to destroy the temple of God} (dunamai katalusai ton naon tou qeou). What he had said (#Joh 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 (#Mr 14:59).
