Then some men stood up and told this lie against Jesus:
“When Hezekiah was king of Judah, the prophet Micah of Moresheth told all the people that the Lord Almighty had said, ‘Zion will be plowed like a field; Jerusalem will become a pile of ruins, and the Temple hill will become a forest.’
“You were going to tear down the Temple and build it back up in three days! Save yourself if you are God's Son! Come on down from the cross!”
Many witnesses told lies against Jesus, but their stories did not agree.
“We heard him say, ‘I will tear down this Temple which men have made, and after three days I will build one that is not made by men.’”
People passing by shook their heads and hurled insults at Jesus: “Aha! You were going to tear down the Temple and build it back up in three days!
