Jesus Christ did destroy the temple, it was totally removed.
He wasn't talking about an actual temple made of stones, but the operations spiritually within the temple.
At the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the temple was (Demolished) non-existent, removed as useless, gone!
Yes Jesus Said This Very Same Thing To His Discuss In Matthew 24:1-2
Matthew 26:59-61KJV
59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
60 But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
John 2:19-22KJV
19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
21 But he spake of the temple of his body.
22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.