He responded to them by saying, “Do you see all these structures? Truly I tell you, there will not be one stone left on another here that will not be thrown down.”
Matthew 23:38 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Look, your house [i.e., the Jewish Temple] is being abandoned [by me (?)]. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, your house is forsaken and desolate (abandoned and left destitute of God's help). [I Kings 9:7; Jer. 22:5.] American Standard Version (1901) Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. Common English Bible Look, your house is left to you deserted. Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, your house shall be abandoned to you, having been deserted. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold, you house shall be left to you, desolate. |
He responded to them by saying, “Do you see all these structures? Truly I tell you, there will not be one stone left on another here that will not be thrown down.”
`But when you see that disgusting thing that causes total destruction [i.e., the Roman army. See Luke 21:20] standing where it ought not to be [i.e., surrounding the besieged city of Jerusalem], (let the reader understand [what is meant by this]), then those of you in Judea are to run away into the [nearby] mountains.
Look, your house [i.e., the Jewish Temple] is being abandoned [by me (?)]. You will not see me until [the time when] you will be saying, ‘Praise the One who is coming in the name of the Lord.’”
“So, when you see Jerusalem surrounded by [Roman] armies, then you will know that her total destruction is near.
And people will die by the sword and be led captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled on by the [unconverted] Gentiles [i.e., by the Romans and later by others] until the times of [domination by] the Gentiles are fulfilled.
“As for these things you are looking at, the time will come when there will not be one stone left on another here that will not be thrown down.”