And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!
And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!
And as he went forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Teacher, behold, what manner of stones and what manner of buildings!
And when he was going out of the Temple, one of his disciples said to him, Master, see, what stones and what buildings!
And as he was going out of the temple, one of his disciples saith to him, Master, see what manner of stones, and what buildings are here!
As he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, "Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings!"
And as he went forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, behold, what manner of stones and what manner of buildings!
See what manner of stones - Josephus says, Ant. b. xv. chap. 11: "That these stones were white and strong, Fifty feet long, Twenty-Four broad, and Sixteen in thickness." If this account can be relied on, well might the disciples be struck with wonder at such a superb edifice, and formed by such immense stones! The principal contents of this chapter are largely explained in the notes on Matthew 24, and to these the reader is requested to refer.
What manner of stones - The stones here referred to were those used in the building of the temple, and the walls on the sides of Mount Moriah, on which the temple stood. The temple was constructed of white marble, and the blocks were of a prodigious size. Josephus says that these stones were, some of them, 50 feet long, 24 feet broad, and 16 feet in thickness.
13:1 Matthew 24:1 ; Lu 21:5.