Mark 13:2

And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. AND JESUS ANSWERING SAID UNTO HIM, SEEST THOU THESE GREAT BUILDINGS? 'Ye call my attention to these things! I have seen them. Ye point to their massive and durable appearance: now listen to their fate.' THERE SHALL NOT BE LEFT - "left here" (Matthew 24:2). [Tregelles adds hoode (G5602) - "here" - in Mark also, on authority of some weight; but we think Tischendorf right in adhering to the received text here]. ONE STONE UPON ANOTHER, THAT SHALL NOT BE THROWN DOWN. Titus ordered the whole city and temple to be demolished (Josephus, Jewish Wars, 7: 1. 1.); Eleazar wished they...

1-4 See how little Christ values outward pomp, where there is not real purity of heart. He looks with pity upon the ruin of precious souls, and weeps over them, but we do not find him look with pity upon the ruin of a fine house. Let us then be reminded how needful it is for us to have a more lasting abode in heaven, and to be prepared for it by the influences of the Holy Spirit, sought in the earnest use of all the means of grace....

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. According to St. Luke (Luke 21:37), our Lord, during the early part of this _week_,_ _passed his nights upon the Mount of Olives, taking his food at Bethany with Martha and Mary, and spending his days in the temple at Jerusalem, teaching the people. It is most probable that he left the temple by the golden gate on the east, from whence the view of the temple would be particularly striking. We learn from St. Matthew (Matthew 24:1.) that our Lord had just been predicting

AND JESUS ANSWERING SAID UNTO HIM,.... The Persic version reads, "unto them"; and so Beza's most ancient copy but as that question is put by one, the reply is made to him: SEEST THOU THESE GREAT BUILDINGS? how beautiful and strong they are. The Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions, add the word all; and the sense is, dost thou take a survey of all these buildings, and of the whole of this stately edifice? and dost thou not admire the strength and grandeur of them? and dost thou not think they will be of long duration, and that the demolition of them is scarcely possible? THERE SHALL NOT BE LEFT ONE STONE UPON ANOTHER. The Syriac and Arabic versions add, "here": as in Matthew 24:9, and so it is read in four of Beza's copies, and in others: THAT SHALL NOT BE THROWN DOWN;...

AND JESUS (Matthew 24:3) on the Olivet discourse: (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 24:3). _...

MARK 13:2 w-de li,qoj evpi. li,qon {B} On the basis of preponderant manuscript evidence (a B L W D Q Y ¦1 ¦13 28 33 700 _al_) the Committee preferred the reading w-de li,qoj evpi. li,qon. The reading of A and a number of minuscules (li,qoj evpi. li,qw|) reflects the influence of Luke 21:6....

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 .Matthew 24:3; Luke 21:7) 3. The Olivet Discourse. (Mark 13:5. Matthew 24:4; Luke 21

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 that follows does not explicitly develop this prophecy. For the abomination of desolation (Mark 13:14) is only a vague reference to the laying waste of Jerusalem, though it does foreshadow some signal profanation of the Temple. (The phrase comes from Daniel 9:27; Daniel 11:31 *, and means a profanation that provokes horror; _cf._ also 1Ma_1:54; 1Ma_6:7.) The subject of this, the longest speech attributed to Jesus in Mk., is the signs of the end, rat

As they were going out of the sacred precincts, one of his disciples said to Jesus, "Teacher, see! What stones and what buildings!" Jesus said to him, "You see this great budding? Not one stone will be left on another which will not be thrown down!" We begin with the prophecies of Jesus which foretold the doom of Jerusalem. The Temple which Herod butt was one of the wonders of the world. It was begun in 20-19 B.C. and in the time of Jesus was not yet completely finished. It was built on the top of Mount Moriah. instead of levelling off the summit of the mountain a kind of vast platform was formed by raising up walls of massive masonry and enclosing the whole area. On these walls a platform was laid, strengthened by piers which distributed the weight of the superstructure. Josephus tells us that some of these stones were forty feet long by twelve feet high by eighteen feet wide. It would...

JESUS. See App-98. SEEST. Greek. _blepo._ App-133. NOT. by no means. Greek. _ou me_ (App-106), denoting absolute certainty. The same word as in verses: Mark 13:30; Mark 13:31. not the same as in verses: Mark 13:7; Mark 13:11; Mark 13:14; Mark 7:15; Mark 7:16; Mark 7:19;...