Some of the persons who heard Jesus teaching in the temple, but who misunderstood what it was he had to say, were produced at his church trial. They had misunderstood Jesus so badly that they were unable to agree amongst themselves on what it was he had said. They had heard him say something about the temple and its destruction. And therefore, they assumed that he had threatened to destroy it. And further, that he had intended to replace it with one "not made with hands."Mark says that these people were false witnesses. These were people to whom the truth would have been a stranger.

They never intended to tell the truth. They were interested only in co-operating for a conviction. Their stories didn't agree with one another. As a result of which their evidence was useless, and ought to hav…