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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 13:14

see . Greek. eidon . App-133 ., as in Mark 13:29 ; not the same word as in verses: Mark 13:1 , Mark 13:2 , Mark 13:26 . the abomination of desolation. See Matthew 24:22 . Quoted from Daniel 9:27 ; Compare Mark 12:11 ; and App-89 , App-90 , App-91 . Spoken of by Daniel the prophet. Om. by [L] TTr, A WH R, but not the Syriac. by. Greek. hupo App-104 . let him, &c. Hebrew idiom (later usage) = let him who reads and comments on these words in the assembly, &c, Compare 1 Timothy 4:13 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 13:14

And when ye see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not (let him that readeth understand), then let them that are in Judea flee unto the mountains. Then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains.The abomination of desolation ... This paragraph through Mark 13:23 has a double application to the approaching destruction of the Holy City and to the second coming of Christ. As Cranfield expressed it:Neither an exclusively historical nor an exclusively eschatological... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 13:14

14. But when ye shall see—"Jerusalem compassed by armies"—by encamped armies; in other words, when ye shall see it besieged, and the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not—that is, as explained in Matthew ( :-), "standing in the holy place." (let him that readeth understand)—readeth that prophecy. That "the abomination of desolation" here alluded to was intended to point to the Roman ensigns, as the symbols of an idolatrous, and so unclean pagan... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 13:14

"But" identifies the contrast between the false and true signs. The true sign was the appearance of the abomination of desolation (cf. Daniel 9:27; Daniel 11:31; Daniel 12:11; Matthew 24:15).The abomination of desolation is something abominable associated with idolatry that would defile the temple resulting in its desertion by the godly. [Note: Cf. C. E. B. Cranfield, "St. Mark 13," Scottish Journal of Theology 6 (July 1953):298-99.] The ultimate abomination would be the Antichrist, the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 13:14-23

4. The coming crisis 13:14-23 (cf. Matthew 24:14-28)Having clarified what the sign of the coming destruction would not be, Jesus now explained what it would be. Matthew and Mark both described the destruction preceding Jesus’ second coming. Luke recorded Jesus’ teaching about the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 (Luke 21:20-24). read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Mark 13:14

13:14 desolation (b-9) 'Desolation' is an active word, 'causing desolation,' 'desolating,' not an accomplished state. see Matthew 24:15 ; Daniel 9:27 . consider (c-20) 'Weigh with intelligence so as to understand,' 'perceive.' see ch. 8.17, 'perceive,' and Romans 1:20 . read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 13:1-37

Great Prophecy of the Fall of Jerusalem and of the End of the World1-37. Christ’s great prophecy (Matthew 24:1; Luke 21:5). See on Mt.14. Spoken of by Daniel the prophet] RV rightly omits these words. Let him that readeth understand] Words of the evangelist, not of Jesus, intended to warn Palestinian readers to watch carefully for the fulfilment of this sign, and immediately afterwards to flee for their lives. They do not necessarily indicate, as some think, that the fulfilment was already... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Mark 13:14-23

(14-23) But when ye shall see.—See Notes on Matthew 24:15-28.Standing where it ought not.—St. Mark substitutes this for “in the holy place” of St. Matthew. Of the two, the former seems, in its enigmatic form, more likely to have been the phrase actually used; the latter to have been an explanation. The words “spoken of by Daniel the prophet” are omitted in many of the best MSS. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Mark 13:1-37

The Material and the Spiritual Mark 13:1 It stands out clearly in our story that Jesus did not care for the Titanic stones on which the Jewish Temple rested. They were crying out to the disciples of man's power over matter, and the disciples were full of wonder at it, but Jesus did not care for it. There was a higher, fuller power of man, another conquest of the world which these men had missed, and, because of their missing that, this mere material triumph did not interest or move Him. He... read more

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