Matthew 26:61
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.”
θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
ναός
temple
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ναός
Temple, sanctuary, shrine. Naos. Do you not know that you are God's temple? The most significant temple in the New Testament is the human body indwelt by the Holy Spirit.
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οὗτος
This man
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οὗτος
This, this one, this person. This is My Son whom I love. With Him I am well pleased. The words spoken over Jesus are spoken over you through your union with Him.
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οἰκοδομέω
to rebuild it
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οἰκοδομέω
To build, to construct, to edify. Build one another up. Every believer is both a building and a builder. You are being built up and you are building others.
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δύναμαι
I am able
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δύναμαι
To be able, to have power, to be capable. Dunamai. With God all things are possible. The limit of what is possible is not human ability but divine will.
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ἡμέρα
days
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ἡμέρα
Day. Hemera. This is the day the LORD has made. Every day is a gift from God. The right response to any day is rejoicing in the One who gave it.
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καταλύω
to destroy
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καταλύω
To destroy, to dissolve. Jesus said He did not come to abolish the law but to fulfil it. He completed what it pointed to.
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φημί
was saying:
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φημί
to show or make known one's thoughts, i.e. speak or say
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ἔπω
they said;
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ἔπω
to speak or say (by word or writing)
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τρεῖς
three
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τρεῖς
"three"
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