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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 13:3-5

(and the rest of the chapter generally) The signs of the coming of the Son of man. I. THERE IS A CURIOSITY CONCERNING THE FUTURE WHICH Is NATURAL AND LEGITIMATE . The disciples were not rebuked when they came with their inquiry. It was not so when Peter asked, "Lord, and what shall this man do?" ( John 21:21 ). Some inquiries concerning the future are therefore lawful, others not. How are we to distinguish between them? We may ask concerning things the knowledge of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 13:3-13

The witness of the persecuted. It was natural enough that the disciples, when the Lord foretold the destruction of the temple, should wish to know when an event so stupendous and awful should occur. On their way to Bethany at eventide, the little party, composed of Jesus and his four most intimate friends, paused upon the crown of Olivet, and looked back upon the glorious but guilty city, and upon that edifice which was its proudest ornament and beast. The anxious, awed disciples took... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 13:5-6

Take heed that no man lead you astray . The Greek word is πλανήση . Their first temptation would be of this kind—that many would come in Christ's name, saying, "I am he;" claiming, that is, the title which belonged to him alone. Such were Theudas ( Acts 5:36 ) and Simon Magus ( Acts 8:10 ), who, according to Jerome, said, "Ego sum Sermo Dei, ego speciosus, ego Paracletus, ego omnipotens, ego omnia." Such were Menander and the Gnostics. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 13:3

On the mount of Olives, over against the temple - The Mount of Olives was directly east of Jerusalem, and from it there was a fine view of the temple. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 13:3-8

Mark 13:3-8. As he sat upon the mount of Olives, over against the temple As this mountain stood eastward from the city, it must have been the eastern wall of the temple, fronting that mountain, which the disciples desired their Master to look at, and which, being built from the bottom of the valley to a prodigious height with stones of incredible bulk, firmly compacted together, made a very grand appearance at a distance. (Josephus Antiq., Mark 15:14; Bell., Mark 6:6.) And in Mr. Mede’s... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 13:1-27

131. The coming crisis (Matthew 24:1-31; Mark 13:1-27; Luke 21:5-28)Through his parables and other teachings, Jesus had spoken a number of times of his going away and his return in glory, which would bring in the climax of the age, the triumph of his kingdom and final judgment. His disciples apparently connected these events with the predicted destruction of Jerusalem. Therefore, when Jesus spoke of the destruction of the temple, his disciples immediately connected this with the return of the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 13:3

upon . Greek. eis. Compare App-104 . the mount of Olives . The former prophecy being in the Temple. See App-155 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 13:4

when. Note the first question (M1). what . . . sign . The second question (M 2). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 13:5

began . See note on Mark 1:1 .Mark 5:7 , Mark 5:11 , parallel with Matthew 24:4-6 . Luke 21:8 , Luke 21:9 . App-155 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 13:3

And as he sat on the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew asked him privately, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when these things are all about to be accomplished?"Mark, going more into detail, gives the names of those who asked him."[16] Here is another example of the illogical and erroneous attribution to Mark of "more detail." Amazingly, this instance of it comes in the very context where Mark left out the most... read more

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