Mark 13:24-31

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 13:24-27

These verses seem to point at Christ's second coming, to judge the world; the disciples, in their question, had confounded the destruction of Jerusalem and the end of the world (Matt. 24:3), which was built upon a mistake, as if the temple must needs stand as long as the world stands; this mistake Christ rectifies, and shows that the end of the world in those days, those other days you enquire about, the day of Christ's coming, and the day of judgment, shall be after that tribulation, and not... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 13:28-37

We have here the application of this prophetical sermon; now learn to look forward in a right manner. I. ?As to the destruction of Jerusalem, expect it to come very shortly; as when the branch of the fig-tree becomes soft, and the leaves sprout forth, ye expect that summer will come shortly, Mark 13:28. When second causes begin to work, ye expect their effects in their proper order and time. So when ye see these things come to pass, when ye see the Jewish nation embroiled in wars, distracted... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 13:1-37

Mark 13:1-37 is one of the most difficult chapters in the New Testament for a modern reader to understand. That is because it is one of the most Jewish chapters in the Bible. From beginning to end it is thinking in terms of Jewish history and Jewish ideas. All through it Jesus is using categories and pictures which were very familiar to the Jews of his day, but which are very strange, and indeed, unknown, to many modern readers. Even so, it is not possible to disregard this chapter because... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 13:24

But in those days, after that tribulation ,.... That is, after the destruction of the city and temple of Jerusalem, and the miseries and calamities attending it, in the times immediately following it; see Matthew 24:29 ; the sun shall be darkened : so the Shekinah, or glory of the divine majesty was withdrawn, and all the symbols of the divine presence were gone, when the temple was destroyed: and the moon shall not give her light ; the ceremonial law, which though abolished by the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 13:25

And the stars of heaven shall fall ,.... The Jewish Rabbins and doctors, who fell off from the written word, and compiled their "Misna", or oral law, their book of traditions, and set it up above the Bible, the foundation of which was laid immediately upon their dispersion. And the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken ; the ordinances of the legal dispensation, which were shaken before, but now so shaken as to be removed; compare Haggai 2:6 with Hebrews 12:26 ; See Gill on ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 13:26

And then shall they see the son of man ,.... Not in person, but in the power of his wrath and vengeance; of which the Jews then had a convincing evidence, and full proof; and even of his being come in the flesh, as if they had seen him in person: this shows, that the sign of the son of man, in Matthew 24:30 is the same with the son of man: coming in the clouds with great power and glory ; not to judgment, but having taken vengeance on the Jewish nation, to set up his kingdom and glory... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 13:27

And then he shall send his angels ,.... The ministers of the Gospel to preach it, and plant more churches among the Gentiles, since that at Jerusalem was entirely broken up: and shall gather together his elect ; that is, he the son of man, or Christ, shall gather them by the ministry of his servants; or "they shall gather them", as the Ethiopic version reads; and as Beza says it is read in a certain copy: these ministers shall be the means of gathering such whom God has chosen from all... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 13:28

Now learn a parable of the fig tree ,.... Our Lord was now upon the Mount of Olives, in one part of which fig trees grew in great plenty, and one, or more, might be near, and in view; and it was the time of year, the passover being at hand, for its putting forth: when her branch is yet tender ; and soft and opening, through the sap now in motion: and putteth forth leaves ; from the branches: ye know, that summer is near ; from such an appearance on the fig tree; See Gill on ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 13:29

So ye, in like manner ,.... This is an accommodation of the parable to the present case: when ye shall see these things come to pass ; the signs preceding the destruction of Jerusalem, and especially the abomination of desolation, or the Roman army surrounding it: know that it, or he is nigh, even at at the doors; either that the destruction of Jerusalem is near; or that the son of man is just ready to come to take vengeance on it; or as Luke says, Luke 21:31 , the kingdom of God... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 13:30

Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass ,.... Not the generation of men, in general, or Jews in particular, nor of Christians; but that present generation of men, they should not all go off the stage of life, till all these things be done ; which were now predicted by Christ, concerning the destruction of Jerusalem, the signs of it, and what, should immediately follow upon it; See Gill on Matthew 24:34 . read more

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