Mark 13:2
New International Version
“Do you see all these great buildings?” replied Jesus. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

New Living Translation
Jesus replied, “Yes, look at these great buildings. But they will be completely demolished. Not one stone will be left on top of another!”

English Standard Version
And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.”

Berean Standard Bible
“Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

Berean Literal Bible
And Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone shall be left here upon a stone, which shall not be thrown down."

King James Bible
And 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.

New King James Version
And Jesus answered and said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone shall be left upon another, that shall not be thrown down.”

New American Standard Bible
And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.”

NASB 1995
And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left upon another which will not be torn down.”

NASB 1977
And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone shall be left upon another which will not be torn down.”

Legacy Standard Bible
And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left upon another which will not be torn down.”

Amplified Bible
Jesus replied to him, “You see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another which will not be torn down!”

Christian Standard Bible
Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left upon another—all will be thrown down.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here on another that will not be thrown down!”

American Standard Version
And Jesus said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left here one stone upon another, which shall not be thrown down.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus replied, "Do you see these huge buildings? They will certainly be torn down! Not one stone will be left in place."

English Revised Version
And Jesus said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left here one stone upon another, which shall not be thrown down.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus said to him, "Do you see these large buildings? Not one of these stones will be left on top of another. Each one will be torn down."

Good News Translation
Jesus answered, "You see these great buildings? Not a single stone here will be left in its place; every one of them will be thrown down."

International Standard Version
"Do you see these large buildings?" Jesus responded. "Not one stone here will be left on another that will not be torn down."

Majority Standard Bible
“Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

NET Bible
Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!"

New Heart English Bible
And Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone on another, which will not be thrown down."

Webster's Bible Translation
And Jesus answering said to him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

Weymouth New Testament
"You see all these great buildings?" Jesus replied; "not one stone will be left here upon another--not thrown down."

World English Bible
Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone on another, which will not be thrown down.”
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And Jesus answering said to him, “See these great buildings? There may not be left a stone on a stone that may not be thrown down.”

Berean Literal Bible
And Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone shall be left here upon a stone, which shall not be thrown down."

Young's Literal Translation
and Jesus answering said to him, 'Seest thou these great buildings? there may not be left a stone upon a stone, that may not be thrown down.'

Smith's Literal Translation
And Jesus having answered, said to him, Seest thou these great buildings? stone upon stone shall not be left which shall not be loosed.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus answering, said to him: Seest thou all these great buildings? There shall not be left a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And in response, Jesus said to him: “Do you see all these great buildings? There shall not be left stone upon stone, which is not torn down.”

New American Bible
Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? There will not be one stone left upon another that will not be thrown down.”

New Revised Standard Version
Then Jesus asked him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down.”
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? Not a stone shall be left here upon another stone, which shall not be torn down.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But Yeshua said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? There is not left here one stone standing upon another that will not be pulled down.”
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And Jesus answering, said to him: Do you see these great buildings? There shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

Godbey New Testament
And Jesus responding said to him, Do you see these great buildings? stone may not be left upon stone, which may not be thrown down.

Haweis New Testament
And Jesus answering said to him, Beholdest thou these magnificent structures? there shall not be left one stone upon another which shall not be thrown down.

Mace New Testament
but Jesus answer'd him, you see this magnificent structure, which shall not be left till it be all demolished, one stone after another.

Weymouth New Testament
"You see all these great buildings?" Jesus replied; "not one stone will be left here upon another--not thrown down."

Worrell New Testament
And Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? There shall not be left here a stone upon a stone, which shall not be thrown down."

Worsley New Testament
And Jesus answering said unto him, Thou seest these grand buildings: but there shall not be left one stone upon another, which shall not be thrown down.

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Context
Temple Destruction Foretold
1As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, “Teacher, look at the magnificent stones and buildings!” 2“Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” 3While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked Him privately,…

Cross References
Matthew 24:2
“Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

Luke 21:6
“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.”

Jeremiah 7:14
therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.

Jeremiah 26:18
“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’

Micah 3:12
Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.

1 Kings 9:7-8
then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples. / And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

2 Kings 25:9-10
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building. / And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 7:20-21
then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples. / And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

Isaiah 64:10-11
Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation. / Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.

Lamentations 2:7
The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast.

Ezekiel 7:20-22
His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them. / And I will hand these things over as plunder to foreigners and loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile them. / I will turn My face away from them, and they will defile My treasured place. Violent men will enter it, and they will defile it.

Daniel 9:26
Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.

Zechariah 11:1
Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars!

Matthew 23:37-38
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate.

John 2:19-21
Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.” / “This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?” / But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.


Treasury of Scripture

And Jesus answering said to him, See you these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone on another, that shall not be thrown down.

there.

1 Kings 9:7,8
Then 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: …

2 Chronicles 7:20,21
Then 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…

Jeremiah 26:18
Micah 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.

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Mark 13
1. Jesus foretells the destruction of the temple;
9. the persecutions for the gospel;
10. that the gospel must be preached to all nations;
14. that great calamities shall happen to the Jews;
24. and the manner of his coming to judgment;
32. the hour whereof being known to none, every man is to watch and pray














Do you see all these great buildings?
In this phrase, Jesus draws attention to the grandeur and magnificence of the temple complex in Jerusalem. The Greek word for "great" is "megas," which emphasizes the impressive size and splendor of the structures. Historically, the temple was a symbol of Jewish identity and religious pride, constructed with massive stones and adorned with gold. It was considered one of the architectural marvels of the ancient world. Jesus' question invites the disciples to reflect on the temporal nature of even the most magnificent human achievements.

Not one stone here will be left on another
This prophecy by Jesus is striking in its specificity and certainty. The Greek word for "stone" is "lithos," and the phrase underscores the complete and utter destruction that will come upon the temple. Historically, this prophecy was fulfilled in A.D. 70 when the Romans, under General Titus, destroyed Jerusalem and the temple. The phrase "not one stone...left on another" conveys the totality of the destruction, emphasizing that no part of the temple would remain intact. This serves as a powerful reminder of the impermanence of earthly structures and the sovereignty of God's plans over human endeavors.

every one will be thrown down
The phrase "thrown down" comes from the Greek "kataluo," which means to demolish or destroy. This action is not merely a natural decay but an intentional act of dismantling. The historical context of the Roman siege and subsequent destruction of Jerusalem highlights the fulfillment of Jesus' words. This serves as a sobering reminder of the judgment that comes upon those who reject God's messengers and the transitory nature of human power and glory. Spiritually, it calls believers to focus on the eternal kingdom of God rather than the temporary structures of this world.

Verse 2. - There shall not be left here one stone upon another, which shall not be thrown down. The word (ῶδε) "here" is rightly inserted; and the prophecy is justified by scientific investigation. The expression is not hyperbolic. Modern investigation shows that the present wall has been rebuilt, probably on the foundation of the older One.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
“Do you see
Βλέπεις (Blepeis)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 991: (primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern. A primary verb; to look at.

[all] these
ταύτας (tautas)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

great
μεγάλας (megalas)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 3173: Large, great, in the widest sense.

buildings?”
οἰκοδομάς (oikodomas)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 3619: Feminine of a compound of oikos and the base of doma; architecture, i.e. a structure; figuratively, confirmation.

Jesus
Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

replied.
εἶπεν (eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

“Not [one]
οὐ (ou)
Adverb
Strong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.

stone
λίθος (lithos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3037: A stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building. Apparently a primary word; a stone.

here
ὧδε (hōde)
Adverb
Strong's 5602: From an adverb form of hode; in this same spot, i.e. Here or hither.

will be left
ἀφεθῇ (aphethē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 863: From apo and hiemi; to send forth, in various applications.

on
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

[another];
λίθον (lithon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3037: A stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building. Apparently a primary word; a stone.

[every one]
ὃς (hos)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

will be toppled.”
καταλυθῇ (katalythē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2647: From kata and luo; to loosen down, i.e. to demolish; specially to halt for the night.


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