Mark 13:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jesus said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left here one stone upon another, which shall not be thrown down.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Βλέπεις ταύτας τὰς μεγάλας οἰκοδομάς; οὐ μὴ ἀφεθῇ λίθος ἐπὶ λίθῷ, ὃς οὐ μὴ καταλυθῇ.

Transliteration

And the Iēsous apokritheis eipen to-him, Blepeis these the great oikodomas? ou mē aphethē lithos upon lithō, which ou mē katalythē.

Grammar Details

*Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
*apokritheis*: aorist participle, passive, nominative, masculine, singular - having answered/responded
*eipen*: aorist, indicative, active, 3rd singular - said/spoke
*Blepeis*: present, indicative, active, 2nd singular - you see/observe
*oikodomas*: accusative, feminine, plural - buildings/structures
*ou mē*: strong double negative - by no means/certainly not
*aphethē*: aorist, subjunctive, passive, 3rd singular - might be left
*lithos*: nominative, masculine, singular - stone
*lithō*: dative, masculine, singular - on stone
*katalythē*: aorist, subjunctive, passive, 3rd singular - might be thrown down/destroyed

Word Meanings

*apokritheis*: having answered/responded/replied
*Blepeis*: you see/observe/perceive
*aphethē*: might be left/allowed to remain/abandoned
*katalythē*: might be thrown down/destroyed/demolished

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 9:7-8 : 7 then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples. 8 And though this house is so high, yet shall every one that passeth by it be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath Jehovah done thus unto this land, and to this house?
2 Chr 7:20-21 : 20 then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples. 21 And this house, which is so high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall say, Why hath Jehovah done thus unto this land, and to this house?
Jer 26:18 : 18 Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
Mic 3:12 : 12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
Matt 24:2 : 2 But he answered and said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Luke 19:41-44 : 41 And when he drew nigh, he saw the city and wept over it, 42 saying, If thou hadst known in this {G4675} day, even thou, the things which belong unto {G4675} peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. 43 For the days shall come upon thee, when thine enemies shall cast up a bank about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, 44 and shall dash thee to the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Luke 21:6 : 6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in which there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Acts 6:14 : 14 for we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered unto us.
Rev 11:2 : 2 And the court which is without the temple leave without, and measure it not; for it hath been given unto the nations: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

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