Mark 13:1

Mark 13:1

Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the Temple

1 Then ^aas He went out of the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, “Teacher, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!”

2 And Jesus answered and said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? ^aNot one stone shall be left upon another, that shall not be thrown down.”

The Signs of the Times and the End of the Age

3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, ^aPeter, ^bJames, ^cJohn, and ^dAndrew asked Him privately,

4 ^a“Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign when all these things will be fulfilled?”

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Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Master, behold, what manner of stones and what manner of buildings (didaskale, ide potapoi liqoi kai potapai oikodomai). Matthew 24:1 and Luke 21:5 tell of the fact of the comment, but Mark alone gives the precise words. Perhaps Peter himself (Swete) was the one who sought thus by a pleasant platitude to divert the Teacher's attention from the serious topics of recent hours in the temple. It was not a new observation, but the merest commonplace might serve at this crisis. Josephus (Ant. xv. II, 3) speaks of the great size of these stones and the beauty of the buildings. Some of these stones at the southeastern and southwestern angles survive today and measure from twenty to forty feet long and weigh a hundred tons. Jesus had, of course, often observed them.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Mark 13:1:**

Luke 21:5
John 6:8
Ephesians 2:21

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