Mar 13:1-4 - Commentary

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Text -- Mark 13:1-4 (NET)

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The Destruction of the Temple

13:1 Now as Jesus was going out of the temple courts, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, look at these tremendous stones and buildings!” 13:2 Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!”

Signs of the End of the Age

13:3 So while he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately, 13:4 “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that all these things are about to take place?”

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Andrew the brother of Simon Peter

· James a son of Zebedee; brother of John; an apostle,a son of Alpheus; an apostle,a brother of Jesus; writer of the epistle of James,the father (or brother) of the apostle Judas

· John a son of Zebedee; younger brother of James; the beloved disciple of Christ,a relative of Annas the high priest,a son of Mary the sister of Barnabas, and surnamed Mark,the father of Simon Peter

· Mount of Olives a ridge east of Jerusalem across the Kidron Valley and rising about 200 feet above the city (NIV note)

· Peter a man who was a leader among the twelve apostles and wrote the two epistles of Peter

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NET Notes: Mar 13:1 The Jerusalem temple was widely admired around the world. See Josephus, Ant. 15.11 [15.380-425]; J. W. 5.5 [5.184-227] and Tacitus, History 5.8, who c...

NET Notes: Mar 13:2 Grk “not one stone will be left here on another which will not be thrown down.”

NET Notes: Mar 13:3 Grk “and James and John,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only...

NET Notes: Mar 13:4 Both references to these things are plural, so more than the temple’s destruction is in view. The question may presuppose that such a catastroph...

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