Mark 13:17-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 13:18

And pray ye that it be not in the winter . According to the best authorities, "your flight" ( ἡ φυγὴ ὑμῶν ) is omitted, but the meaning remains very much the same. St. Matthew ( Matthew 24:20 ) adds, "neither on a sabbath." But this would be comparatively of little interest to those to whom St. Mark was writing. Our Lord thus specifies the winter, because at that season, on account of the cold and snow, flight would be attended with special difficulty and hardship, and would be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 13:19

For those days shall be tribulation, such as there hath not been the like from the beginning of the creation. These expressions are very remarkable. To begin with, the tribulation would be so unexampled and so severe that the days themselves would be called "tribulation." They would be known ever after as "the tribulation.'" There never had been anything like them, and there never would be again. Neither the Deluge, nor the destruction of the cities of the plain, nor the drowning of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 13:14-20

Mark 13:14-20. When ye shall see the abomination, &c. Our Lord, having foretold both the more remote and more immediate signs of the end of the Jewish economy, proceeds to describe the siege and destruction of Jerusalem. The abomination which caused the desolation, whereof Daniel prophesied, (Daniel 9:27,) signifies the Roman armies, with their standards, whereon the images of their idols were painted; which armies were an abomination to the Jews, on account of their idolatry, and... 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 13:18

pray ye. Greek. proseuchomai. App-134 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 13:19

affliction = tribulation. As in Mark 13:24 . Quoted from Daniel 12:1 . was not = has not been the like. from the beginning of the creation which God created. Note the emphasis of this peculiar amplifica tion, giving the Divine condemnation of "Evolution". Compare in Mark 13:20 , "the chosen whom He chose". See note on John 8:44 . God. App-98 . neither = nor by any means. Greek. ou me. App-105 . be = come to pass. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 13:17

But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! And pray ye that it be not in the winter.The compassion of the Saviour who foresaw the suffering and hardship, especially upon mothers, in the coming disaster, shines in his exclamation here.And pray that it be not in winter ... Their prayers in this were answered, for the siege reached its climax in the spring and summer, the fall of the city coming on August 10,70 A.D. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 13:19

For those days shall be tribulation, such as there hath not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never shall be.The tribulation that befell Jerusalem was as great as any disaster ever known, some eleven hundred thousand of the population being butchered by the sword.[40] But even so great a disaster is only a prophecy of the far greater thing that shall come at the End. Cranfield agreed that "The thought here is eschatological, the final tribulation... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 13:17

17. But woe to them—or, "alas for them." that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days—in consequence of the aggravated suffering which those conditions would involve. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 13:18

18. And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter—making escape perilous, or tempting you to delay your flight. Matthew ( :-) adds, "neither on the sabbath day," when, from fear of a breach of its sacred rest, they might be induced to remain. read more

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