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Mark 14:58

What does Mark 14:58 mean?

A plain-English look at Mark 14:58 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Mark 14:58 means

They claim they heard Jesus say He would destroy the man-made temple and build another without hands in three days. They twist His teaching about His body and resurrection into a threat against the physical temple. “Without hands” hints at divine work, but they wield it as accusation. The charge touches a sensitive nerve—temple and identity. Yet even here they misunderstand. Jesus is the true temple; His death and resurrection will inaugurate a new order. Their misquote becomes ironic truth: the old gives way to the new by God’s act in Christ.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

He said in our hearing, I will put an end to this Temple which is made with hands, and in three days I will make another without hands.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`We heard him saying--I will throw down this sanctuary made with hands, and by three days, another made without hands I will build;'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

We heard him saying, I will destroy this temple which is made with hands, and in the course of three days I will build another not made with hands.

Context

This false testimony, centered on the temple, is their strongest attempt, but even it fails to stand under scrutiny in the next verse. The focus on the temple heightens the stakes: this is about the heart of Israel’s worship. When the witnesses’ agreement still collapses, the high priest will rise to question Jesus directly. That confrontation will shift the trial from muddled accusations to a clear confession and an immediate verdict of blasphemy from the council.

v.57And there stood up certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,

v.58This passage

v.59And not even so did their witness agree together.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Mark 15:29

    And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,

  • Hebrews 9:24

    For Christ entered not into a holy place made with hands, like in pattern to the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us:

  • Hebrews 9:11

    But Christ having come a high priest of the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,

  • Acts 7:48

    Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in houses made with hands; as saith the prophet,

  • Daniel 2:45

    Forasmuch as thou sawest that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:1

    For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

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