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Destruction of the Second Temple

In AD 70, Titus and the Roman legions besieged Jerusalem, burned the Temple, and dismantled it to the foundation stones to recover the gold that had melted between them. Josephus, an eyewitness to the siege, records the destruction in detail. The Arch of Titus in Rome still depicts legionaries carrying away the Temple's spoils.

Fulfillment Notes

- Josephus, Wars of the Jews 6.4-6.5 - Tacitus, Histories 5.1-13 - Arch of Titus, Rome (visual record of the spoils) Scholarly note: Critical scholarship debates whether the Synoptic Gospels were written before or after AD 70. Traditional dating places Mark pre-70; critical dating places all three post-70.

Key Greek Terms

ναὸς (naos, G3485); λίθος (lithos, G3037); καταλύω (kataluo, G2647); οὐ μὴ ἀφεθῇ (ou me aphethe, G863)

Linked Verses (11)

Matthew 24:1 source
KJV

And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.

Matthew 24:2 source
KJV

And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

Luke 19:41 source
KJV

And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

Luke 19:42 source
KJV

Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.

Luke 19:43 source
KJV

For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,

Luke 19:44 source
KJV

And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

Luke 21:20 source
KJV

And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

Luke 21:21 source
KJV

Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.

Luke 21:22 source
KJV

For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

Luke 21:23 source
KJV

But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

Luke 21:24 source
KJV

And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

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