22:5 David said, “My son Solomon is just an inexperienced young man, 1 and the temple to be built for the Lord must be especially magnificent so it will become famous and be considered splendid by all the nations. 2 Therefore I will make preparations for its construction.” So David made extensive preparations before he died.
13:1 Now 4 as Jesus 5 was going out of the temple courts, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, look at these tremendous stones and buildings!” 6 13:2 Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another. 7 All will be torn down!” 8
1 tn Heb “a young man and tender.”
2 tn Heb “and the house to build to make exceedingly great for a name and for splendor for all the lands.”
3 tn Heb “this house in its earlier splendor”; NAB, NIV, NRSV “in its former glory.”
4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.
5 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 sn The Jerusalem temple was widely admired around the world. See Josephus, Ant. 15.11 [15.380-425]; J. W. 5.5 [5.184-227] and Tacitus, History 5.8, who called it “immensely opulent.” Josephus compared it to a beautiful snowcapped mountain.
7 sn With the statement not one stone will be left on another Jesus predicted the total destruction of the temple, something that did occur in
8 tn Grk “not one stone will be left here on another which will not be thrown down.”