# Epistle of Barnabas 16.3

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Epistle of Barnabas](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/) (*Epistula Barnabae*)
- Date: ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:396; Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 340–407 (Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/16/3/

Summary: Those who destroyed the temple will rebuild it.

## Greek text

πέρας γέ τοι πάλιν λέγει· Ἰδού, οἱ καθελόντες τὸν ναὸν τοῦτον αὐτοὶ αὐτὸν οἰκοδομήσουσιν.

## English translation (Claude)

Indeed, again he says, “Behold, those who tore down this temple will themselves build it.”

## Scripture references

- Isa 49:17: allusion, low confidence

## Translation notes

- The quotation is not found as such in scripture; compare Isa 49:17 LXX.

## Citation (SBL)

Barn. 16.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/16/3/).