Robertson's Word Pictures of the NT
Mark 13:20
Whom he chose
(ους εξελεξατο). Indirect aorist middle indicative. In Mark alone. Explains the sovereign choice of God in the end by and for himself.
Whom he chose
(ους εξελεξατο). Indirect aorist middle indicative. In Mark alone. Explains the sovereign choice of God in the end by and for himself.
Verse 20. _HAD SHORTENED THOSE DAYS_] _Because of his chosen_, added by D, _Armenian_, and five of the _Itala_. See Matthew 24:22....
CHAPTER 13 _ 1. The Destruction of the Temple Predicted. (Mark 13:1 .Matthew 24:1; Luke 21:5)_ 2. The Questions of the Disciples. (Mark 13:3 .
THE ESCHATOLOGIEAL DISCOURSE. The first two verses contain our Lord's prediction of the fall of Jerusalem. To the Jews, such an anticipation would seem blasphemous (_cf._ Acts 6:14). The discourse tha...
THE THINGS TO COME (Mark 13:1-37) Mark 13:1-37 is one of the most difficult Chapter s in the New Testament for a modern reader to understand. That is because it is one of the most Jewish Chapter s in...
When you see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not (let him who reads understand), then let those who are in Judaea flee to the mountains. Let him who is on the house-top not come...
THE LORD. App-98. SHORTENED. See on Matthew 24:22. NO FLESH. Not as in Mark 13:11) any flesh. SHOULD BE. should have been. ELECT'S SAKE. See note on Mark 13:19, above. He hath shortened.
_except that the Lord had shortened_ The word rendered "_shortened_" only occurs here and in the parallel, Matthew 24:22. It denotes _to dock_or _curtail_. It occurs in the LXX. version of 2 Samuel 4:...
ἘΚΟΛΌΒΩΣΕΝ. Lit. “amputated,” and so “curtailed”; in 2 Samuel 4:12 of cutting off hands and feet. God has decided to shorten the days, and they are regarded as shortened. ΚΎΡΙΟΣ. Elsewhere in Mk this...
14–23. EVENTS CONNECTED WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM Matthew 24:15-25; Luke 21:20-24...
Ver 14. "But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to t...
_ THE TRUE SIGN TO WATCH FOR MARK 13:14-31:_ Mark 13:14 described the true sign in these words, "But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it...
ΈΚΟΛΌΒΩΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΟΛΟΒΌΩ (G2856) сокращать, ΈΣΏΘΗ _aor. ind. pass._, _см._ Mark 13:13. Ind. используется в _conj._ 2 типа (противоречащем факту), ΈΞΕΛΈΞΑΤΟ _aor. ind. med. от_ ΈΚΛΈΓΩ ...
_SUMMARY 13:1-37_ In this section Mark sets forth his Master as a prophet. At the time that his narrative was composed, some of the predictions recorded in the section had already been fulfilled, but...
11. THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION 13:14-23 _TEXT 13:14-23_ But when ye see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not (let him that readeth understand), then let them that are in Jude...
And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. AND EXCEPT THAT THE LORD HAD SHORTENED THOSE...
44 See 2Co_8:12. 1-8 Compare Mat_24:1-8; Luk_21:5-11. 2 It took forty-six years to build the temple (Joh_2:20). Our Lord had already hinted that it would be razed to the ground. While He was within t...
13:20 Lord (d-4) Without the article, 'Jehovah.'...
GREAT PROPHECY OF THE FALL OF JERUSALEM AND OF THE END OF THE WORLD 1-37. Christ's great prophecy (Matthew 24:1; Luke 21:5). See on Mt....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 13 JESUS DESCRIBES FUTURE TROUBLES VERSES 1-2 The temple (*God’s Great House) was...
(14-23) BUT WHEN YE SHALL SEE. — See Notes on Matthew 24:15. STANDING WHERE IT OUGHT NOT. — St. Mark substitutes this for “in the holy place” of St. Matthew. Of the two, the former seems, in its enig...
The merciful shortening of the days, out of regard to the elect, is here directly ascribed to God. Mt. uses the passive construction, where _vide_ as to the idea of shortening and the reason. τοὺς ἐκλ...
_The Jewish catastrophe_ (Matthew 24:15-25; Luke 21:20-24)....
“WATCH!” Mark 13:14-37 _The fall of Jerusalem,_ Mark 13:14-23. This abomination had been predicted by Daniel, Daniel 9:27, Josephus says that the Romans brought their standards into the Temple, and...
A casual remark from the lips of one of the disciples drew from Jesus words full of solemnity and full of hope. This stately building was to be destroyed. 1t- was already destroyed in the eyes of Chri...
This may be explained in a more general sense of the persecution of Antichrist, which will be dreadful beyond description, and executed in every part of the world. The time however allowed to him and...
CHAPTER 20 COMING OF THE LORD Matthew 24; Matthew 25; Mark 13; Luke 21. It is now in the afternoon, on Wednesday, preceding the arrest of our Savior about midnight the ensuin
(5) And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any _man_ deceive you: (6) For many shall come in my name, saying, I am _Christ;_ and shall deceive many. (7) And when ye shall hear of wars a...
The transfiguration, as a matter of fact witnessed by the eyes of chosen witnesses, introduces naturally the great change that was about to be effected by the mighty power of God; for that wondrous sc...
In chapter 13 the Lord takes up much more the service of the apostles in the circumstances that would surround them, than the development of the dispensations and the ways of God with respect to the k...
AND EXCEPT THAT THE LORD HAD SHORTENED THOSE DAYS,.... Had determined that those days of affliction should be but few, and not last long; that the siege should not be longer continued, and the devasta...
And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. Ver. 20. _Except the Lord had shortened_] _Muti...
_When ye shall see the abomination_, &c. Our Lord, having foretold both the more remote and more immediate signs of the end of the Jewish economy, proceeds to describe the siege and destruction of Jer...
Persecutions foretold. Matthew 24:9-28....
The horrors of the devastation:...
AND EXCEPT THAT THE LORD HAD SHORTENED THOSE DAYS, NO FLESH SHOULD BE SAVED; BUT FOR THE ELECT'S SAKE, WHOM HE HATH CHOSEN, HE HATH SHORTENED THE DAYS. The prophecy of Christ here becomes so vivid tha...
14-23 The Jews in rebelling against the Romans, and in persecuting the Christians, hastened their own ruin apace. Here we have a prediction of that ruin which came upon them within less than forty ye...
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Mark 13:20 And G2532 unless G1508 Lord G2962 shortened G2856 (G5656) days G2250 no G3756 G3956 flesh...
‘And unless the Lord had shortened the days no flesh would have been saved. But for the elect's sake, whom he chose, he shortened the days.” The destruction and killing would be so bad that if the Lor...
THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE KINGLY RULE OF GOD IN THE MIDST OF THE BATTERING OF HISTORY: PRELIMINARY TROUBLES - THE GOOD NEWS PROCLAIMED AMONG ALL NATIONS - THE COMING DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM - THE COMING...
THIS discourse is recorded by three Evangelists (Matthew, Mark, and Luke). All the accounts correspond remarkably; that of Matthew is the fullest. See on Matthew 24. Mark introduces a few thoughts not...
Mark 13:14-20. See on Matthew 24:15-22. Here, as there, the prominent reference is to the destruction of Jerusalem, answering the question of the disciples more directly than what precedes. ‘Spoken of...
CONTENTS: The course of the present age its culmination in the great tribulation and the Second coming of Christ. Parable of the fig tree. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Daniel, Peter, James, J...
Mark 13:2. _There shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down._ When the Chaldeans burned the temple, that part called Solomon's porch escaped demolition; this favour howev...
_Shortened those days._ GOD SHORTENED THE SIEGE Many circumstances combined to secure the primary fulfilment of these words. The incomplete state of the fortifications, the paucity of food, the fact...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 13:4 WHEN WILL THESE THINGS BE, AND WHAT WILL BE THE SIGN? Jesus’ answer deals primarily with the second part of the question, but he also addresses the timing of the coming events....
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 13:20 THE ELECT (see also vv. Mark 13:22, Mark 13:27) are those who have receive
JESUS TELLS ABOUT THE FUTURE MATTHEW 24:1-28; MARK 13:1-23; LUKE 21:5-24; MATTHEW 24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple
CHAPTER 13 1 _Christ foretelleth the destruction of the temple_. 9 _the persecutions for the gospel_ : 10 _that the gospel must be preached to all nations_ : 14 _that great calamities shall happen to...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 13:14. THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION.—Hebraism for _the abomination that makes desolate_. See Daniel 9:27; Daniel 11:31;...
EXPOSITION MARK 13:1 AND AS HE WENT FORTH OUT OF THE TEMPLE, ONE OF HIS DISCIPLES SAITH UNTO HIM MASTER, BEHOLD, WHAT MANNER, OF STONES AND WHAT MANNER OF BUILDINGS! This would be in the evening. Ac...
Mark's gospel chapter 13. And as he [Jesus] went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! (Mark 13:1) Referring to the gr...
Isaiah 1:9; Isaiah 6:13; Isaiah 65:8; Isaiah 65:9; Matthew 24:22;...
Shortened. See on Matthew 24:22....
The elect — The Christians: whom he hath chosen — That is, hath taken out of, or separated from, the world, through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth. He hath shortened — That is, w...