59 ISanihedrini yonke kanye labaphristi abakhokhelayo babedinga ubufakazi bamanga ukuze babulale uJesu.+ 60 Kodwa abazange babuthole lanxa kwabuya ofakazi bamanga abanengi.+ Ngemva kwesikhathi kwafika ababili 61 bathi: “Indoda le yathi, ‘Ngiyenelisa ukudiliza ithempeli likaNkulunkulu ngilakhe ngamalanga amathathu.’”+

39 Abantu ababedlula lapho babemthethisa+ benikina amakhanda+ 40 besithi: “Wena owawusithi uzadiliza ithempeli ulakhe ngensuku ezintathu,+ zisindise phela! Nxa uyindodana kaNkulunkulu yehla esigodweni sokuhlutshwa* sibone!”+

57 Kwakulabanye futhi ababesukuma befakaza amanga ngaye besithi: 58 “Samuzwa esithi, ‘Ngizadiliza ithempeli leli elenziwa ngezandla, kuthi ngamalanga amathathu ngakhe elinye elingenziwanga ngezandla.’”+