Mark 14:58

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅτι Ἡμεῖς ἠκούσαμεν αὐτοῦ λέγοντος, ὅτι Ἐγὼ καταλύσω τὸν ναὸν τοῦτον τὸν χειροποίητον, καὶ διὰ τριῶν ἡμερῶν ἄλλον ἀχειροποίητον οἰκοδομήσω.

Transliteration

That Hēmeis ēkousamen of him legontos, that Egō katalysō the naon this the cheiropoiēton, and through triōn hēmerōn another acheiropoiēton oikodomēsō.

Grammar Details

• *Hēmeis*: personal pronoun, nominative plural - we
• *ēkousamen*: aorist active indicative, 1st plural - we heard
• *legontos*: present active participle, genitive masculine singular - saying
• *Egō*: personal pronoun, nominative singular - I
• *katalysō*: future active indicative, 1st singular - I will destroy
• *naon*: accusative masculine singular - temple/sanctuary
• *cheiropoiēton*: adjective, accusative masculine singular - made with hands
• *triōn*: numeral, genitive feminine plural - three
• *hēmerōn*: genitive feminine plural - days
• *acheiropoiēton*: adjective, accusative masculine singular - not made with hands
• *oikodomēsō*: future active indicative, 1st singular - I will build

Word Meanings

• *ēkousamen*: we heard/listened to
• *legontos*: saying/declaring
• *katalysō*: I will destroy/demolish/tear down
• *naon*: temple/sanctuary/shrine
• *cheiropoiēton*: made with hands/man-made
• *triōn*: three
• *hēmerōn*: days
• *acheiropoiēton*: not made with hands/not man-made
• *oikodomēsō*: I will build/construct

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  "We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple made with human hands and in three days will build another, not made with hands.'"

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  {G3754} 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.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  We herde him saye: I will destroye this temple made with hondes and with in thre dayes I will bylde another made with out hondes.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  We herde him saye: I wil breake downe this temple that is made with hodes, and in thre dayes buylde another not made wt handes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  We hearde him say, I will destroy this Temple made with hands, & within three daies I will builde another, made without hands.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  We hearde hym say: I wyll destroy this temple that is made with handes, and within three dayes I wyll buylde another, made without handes.

• Authorized 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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "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.'"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• 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.

• 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• 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.'"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “We heard him say,‘I will destroy this temple made with hands and in three days build another not made with hands.’”

Referenced Verses

• John 2:19 : 19 Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
• Heb 9:24 : 24 For Christ has not entered into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
• Mark 15:29 : 29 And those who passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, you who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,
• Acts 7:48 : 48 However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:
• 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 For we know that if our earthly body, this tabernacle, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
• Heb 9:11 : 11 But Christ came as a high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation;
• Dan 2:34 : 34 You watched until a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
• Dan 2:45 : 45 For as much as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God has made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.