As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Parallel translations
- WEB “As for these things which you see, the days will come, in which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down.”
- BSB “As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
- NKJV “These things which you see—the days will come in which not one stone shall be left upon another that shall not be thrown down.”
- NASB “As for these things which you are observing, the days will come when there will not be left one stone upon another, which will not be torn down.”
- NLT “The time is coming when all these things will be completely demolished. Not one stone will be left on top of another!”
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Quick answer
Jesus foretells that the temple will be utterly destroyed, with not one stone left upon another.
Overview
This prophecy was fulfilled in AD 70 when the Romans demolished Jerusalem and its temple. The destruction marked the end of the old sacrificial system, now fulfilled and superseded in Christ. The true temple is the risen Lord, in whom God dwells with His people.
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Cross-references · 19
- Mark 13:2And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
- Matt 24:2And Jesus 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.
- Lam 5:18Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
- Zech 14:2For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
- 1 Kgs 9:7–9Then 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 people:
- Acts 6:13–14And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
- Isa 64:10–11Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
- Zech 11:1Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
- Jer 26:6Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
- Luke 19:44–48And shall lay thee even with 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.
- Jer 26:9Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
- Lam 2:6–8And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
- 2 Chr 7:20–22Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.
- Jer 26:18Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
- Dan 9:26–27And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
- Lam 4:1How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.
- Mic 3:12Therefore 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 the forest.
- Jer 7:11–14Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.
- Ezek 7:20–22As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
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