Critics sometimes assess Jesus as a 'false prophet' on the grounds that the Wailing Wall disproves the 'not one stone was left upon another, that was not thrown down' prophecy. The Western Wall is actually part of the foundation structure of the courts, not the Temple itself.

As historians note: 'The Western Wall in the midst of the Old City in Jerusalem is the section of the Western supporting wall of the Temple Mount which has remained intact since the destruction of the Second Jerusalem Temple (70 C.E.). When Rome destroyed the Second Temple in 70 C.E., only one outer wall remained standing. The Romans probably would have destroyed that wall as well, but it must have seemed too insignificant to them; it was not even part of the Temple itself, just an outer wall surrounding the Temple Mount.'

Jesus clearly states, 'Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.' He does not say 'walls' or 'whole complex'. When critics point to Luke 19:41-44 ('And shall lay thee even with the ground... and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another'), they claim this removes all ambiguity because He is talking about the whole city of Jerusalem. But Jesus does not say in Luke that the whole city will have all stones thrown down; He says the whole city will be attacked and warred against. That is not the same level of detail.