Mark 13:3 NIV

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

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

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 13:3

3. And as he sat upon the Mount of Olives, over against the temple—On their way from Jerusalem to Bethany they would cross Mount Olivet; on its summit He seats Himself, over against the temple, having the city all spread out under His eye. How graphically is this set before us by our Evangelist! Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately—The other Evangelists tell us merely that "the disciples" did so. But Mark not only says that it was four of them, but names them; and they were... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 13:1-4

1. The setting 13:1-4 (cf. Matthew 24:1-3; Luke 21:5-7) read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 13:3-4

Evidently the disciples pondered Jesus’ prophecy as they crossed the Kidron Valley that separated the temple complex from Mt. Olivet to the east. When they sat down on the mountain and looked west into the temple courtyard, Jesus’ first four disciples (Mark 1:16-20) asked two questions.The first question dealt with the time of the temple’s destruction. Matthew’s account shows that their second question had two parts. They asked what the sign of Jesus’ coming and of the end of the present age... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Mark 13:3

13:3 temple, (b-12) As ch. 11.11. 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 13:3

(3) Over against the temple.—The view which the position commanded, and which St. Mark alone mentions, made all that followed more vivid and impressive. It may well have been at or near the very spot at which, a few days before, He had paused as “He beheld the city and wept over it” (Luke 19:41).Peter and James and John and Andrew.—The list of names is noticeable (1) as being given by St. Mark only; (2) as the only instance in which the name of Andrew appears in conjunction with the three who... read more