Mark 13:3-6

Signs of the End of the Age

13:3 So ¹  while he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, ²  and Andrew asked him privately, 13:4 “Tell us, when will these things ³  happen? And what will be the sign that all these things are about to take place?” 13:5 Jesus began to say to them, “Watch out ⁴  that no one misleads you. 13:6 Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ ⁵  and they will mislead many.

[13:3]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.

[13:3]  ² tn Grk “and James and John,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

[13:4]  ³ sn Both references to these things are plural, so more than the temple’s destruction is in view. The question may presuppose that such a catastrophe signals the end.

[13:5]  ⁵ tn Or “Be on guard.”

[13:6]  ⁷ tn That is, “I am the Messiah.”