ISB ~ Mark 13 v1

what wonderful stones:Herod the Great began rebuilding the Jerusalem Temple about 20 B.C., and the project was still in progress during Jesus’ ministry (Jn 2:20). Several of its marble stones measured almost 40 feet in length, some weighing nearly 100 tons. Its massive platform spanned more than 170,000 square yards, and the wall facing the Mount of Olives to the east towered more than 300 feet in height. To the senses, the Temple was an impregnable fortress that appeared indestructible by every earthly standard.