Rome destroys the temple

When did it happen?

Modern reckoning

AD 70

Traditional reckoning

AD 70

How it's dated

Josephus

Foretold in Luke 21:6; not narrated in the New Testament.

Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.

Sources: Josephus, Jewish War 6.

Where is it in the Bible?

• Luke 21:6

Which verses connect to Luke 21:6?

The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).

1. Matthew 24:24 votes

   “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.”

2. Mark 13:24 votes

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

3. Lamentations 5:183 votes

   because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.

4. Zechariah 14:23 votes

   For 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 removed from the city.

5. 1 Kings 9:7–92 votes

   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?’ …

6. 2 Chronicles 7:20–222 votes

   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?’ …