"Did Jesus say He would destroy the temple?" (Alleged Contradiction #E4584)
Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body.
John 2:19-21
Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
Matthew 26:59-61
And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying, 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.
Mark 14:57-58
Response
No, Jesus never said that He would destroy the temple. What He said in John 2:19 means, “You destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
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