Mark 8:1

The Feeding of the Four Thousand

8:1 In those days there was another large crowd with nothing to eat. So ¹  Jesus ²  called his disciples and said to them,

Mark 13:19

13:19 For in those days there will be suffering ³  unlike anything that has happened ⁴  from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, or ever will happen.

[8:1]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[8:1]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:19]  ³ tn Traditionally, “tribulation.”

[13:19]  ⁴ sn Suffering unlike anything that has happened. Some refer this event to the destruction of Jerusalem in a.d. 70. While the events of a.d. 70 may reflect somewhat the comments Jesus makes here, the reference to the scope and severity of this judgment strongly suggest that much more is in view. Most likely Jesus is referring to the great end-time judgment on Jerusalem in the great tribulation.