Mark 13:8

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 13:8

“For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in many places. There will be famines. These are the beginnings of birth pains.” Jesus then explained further. Wars between nations will necessarily come, for that is what man is like. Earthquakes and famines will occur, as they have throughout history, for that is what nature is like. But these will only introduce what is to follow. And certainly we know that in the first century there were a number of... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 13:1-37

Mark 13:1-Haggai : . The Eschatologieal Discourse.— The first two verses contain our Lord’ s prediction of the fall of Jerusalem. To the Jews, such an anticipation would seem blasphemous ( cf. Acts 6:14). The discourse that follows does not explicitly develop this prophecy. For “ the abomination of desolation” ( Mark 13:14) is only a vague reference to the laying waste of Jerusalem, though it does foreshadow some signal profanation of the Temple. (The phrase comes from Daniel 9:27; Daniel... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 13:7-8

Matthew adds pestilences. Luke saith, pestilences, and fearful sights and great signs from heaven. See Poole on "Matthew 24:6", and following verses to Matthew 24:8. Here are two or three more signs put together: 1. Wars, and rumours of wars; great commotions in nations, which though they may be at other times, yet probably may be more extraordinary before the day of judgment. 2. Famines, pestilences, and earthquakes. 3. Fearful sights, and apparitions in the air and the heavens. Such there... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 13:1-13

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESMark 13:8. Beginnings of sorrows.—Beginning of travail-pangs—the throes that are to issue in the regeneration of the world.Mark 13:9. Render: But look ye to yourselves; for they shall deliver you unto sanhedrins and unto synagogues; ye shall be beaten; and at-the-bar-of governors and kings ye shall stand on account of Me, for a testimony to them. Meaning of last clause: an opportunity will be given you of proclaiming the truth in the hearing of the highest in the... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Mark 13:8

sorrows birthpangs. Answering to the "seals." (Revelation 6:0.) Revelation 6:1-17. The death-agony of this age is the birth-agony of the next. read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Mark 13:1-37

Mark's gospel chapter 13.And as he [Jesus] went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! ( Mark 13:1 )Referring to the great temple in Jerusalem that was started in the year 2219 B.C. by Herod the Great. It became one of the wonders of the ancient world. It took over fifty years to construct. Herod the Great was never able to complete it himself. Herod the Great, as we have mentioned before, was fond of using great... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Mark 13:1-37

Mark 13:2 . There shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. When the Chaldeans burned the temple, that part called Solomon’s porch escaped demolition; this favour however, small as it was, did not extend to the second temple. A Turkish mosque now succeeds the sanctuary; and the hill of Zion, once the repose of the ark, is now a fortress. Mark 13:3 . Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately. This is an addition to Matthew 24:0. The stones alluded... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 13:8

Mark 13:8These are the beginnings of sorrows.The beginnings of sorrowsI. The value of these facts in relation to the life and character of the Lord. He is the prophet of the church. He was a revealer of secrets. His word was verified to the letter. The church lives in evil times on the word of her unseen Lord.II. There is also a suggestion of the connection of sorrows and sins. Jerusalem’s fate is a series of such sorrows. They arise out of religious unfaithfulness and moral deterioration.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Mark 13:8

8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows. Ver. 8. The beginning of sorrows ] The sorrows and throes of child birth, ωδινων , which are nothing so bad at first, as in the birth. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Mark 13:8

nation shall: 2 Chronicles 15:6, Isaiah 19:2, Jeremiah 25:32, Haggai 2:22, Zechariah 14:13, Revelation 6:4 famines: Acts 11:28 these: Matthew 24:8 sorrows: "The word in the original importeth the pains of a woman in travail." Psalms 48:6, Isaiah 37:3, Jeremiah 4:31, Jeremiah 6:24, Jeremiah 13:21, Jeremiah 22:23, Jeremiah 49:24, Jeremiah 50:43, Micah 4:9, Micah 4:10, 1 Thessalonians 5:3 Reciprocal: Isaiah 29:6 - General Jeremiah 51:46 - lest Matthew 24:6 - ye shall hear Luke 21:9 - when... read more

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