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Temple Destruction and Other Signs

Luke 21:6

In 9 translations

BSB
“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.”
KJV
As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
WEB
“As for these things which you see, the days will come in which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down.”
ASV
As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in which there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
LSV
“These things that you behold—days will come in which there will not be left a stone on a stone that will not be thrown down.”
YLT
'These things that ye behold — days will come, in which there shall not be left a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.'
DBY
[As to] these things which ye are beholding, days are coming in which there shall not be left stone upon stone which shall not be thrown down.
DRC
These things which you see, the days will come in which there shall not be left a stone upon a stone that shall not be thrown down.
GNV
Are these ye things that ye looke vpon? the dayes will come wherein a stone shall not be left vpon a stone, that shall not be throwen downe.

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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Westcott–Hort include ὧδε (“here”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: λίθῳ. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read λίθῳ; Westcott and Hort (1881) add ὧδε.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Ταῦτα ἃ θεωρεῖτε, ἐλεύσονται ἡμέραι ἐν αἷς οὐκ ἀφεθήσεται λίθος ἐπὶ λίθῳ ὃς οὐ καταλυθήσεται.
RP2018
Ταῦτα ἃ θεωρεῖτε, ἐλεύσονται ἡμέραι ἐν αἷς οὐκ ἀφεθήσεται λίθος ἐπὶ λίθῳ, ὃς οὐ καταλυθήσεται.
TR-Boyd
Ταῦτα ἃ θεωρεῖτε, ἐλεύσονται ἡμέραι ἐν αἷς οὐκ ἀφεθήσεται λίθος ἐπὶ λίθῳ, ὃς οὐ καταλυθήσεται.
SCR1894
ταυτα α θεωρειτε ελευσονται ημεραι εν αις ουκ αφεθησεται λιθος επι λιθω ος ου καταλυθησεται

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 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.”
  • Mark 13:2“Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
  • Zechariah 14:2For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be…
  • Lamentations 5:18because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
  • 2 Chronicles 7:20–22then 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…
  • Jeremiah 26:9How dare you prophesy in the name of the LORD that this house will become like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted!” And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
  • Lamentations 4:1How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.
  • Lamentations 2:6–8He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden booth; He has destroyed His place of meeting. The LORD has made Zion forget her appointed feasts and Sabbaths. In His fierce anger He has despised both king and priest.…
  • Acts 6:13–14where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law. For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs…
  • 1 Kings 9:7–9then 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.…
  • 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…
  • Zechariah 11:1Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars!
  • Isaiah 64:10–11Your 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…
  • Luke 19:44–48They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.” Then Jesus entered the temple…
  • Daniel 9:26–27Then 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…
  • Jeremiah 26:6then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”

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