John Trapp on Matthew 26:61

Verse 61. I am able to destroy the temple] Novum crimen Caie Caesar. For, what if Christ had said so? Could not he as easily have reared a temple as raised the dead, restored the blinde, &c? But the truth is he never said so, but was misreported, and falsely [illegible: 1 word] (saith Father Latymer,) both as touching his words and meaning also. He said Destruite, Destroy ye; they made it Possum destruere, I am able to destroy. He said Templum hoc, this temple, meaning his own body: they added manufactum made with hands, to bring it to a contrary sense, &c. Thus mutilando vel mutando, by chopping or changing, ill-minded men do usually deprave and wrest to a wrong meaning, the most innocent passages and practises.