_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 13:8. BEGINNINGS OF SORROWS.—_Beginning of travail-pangs_—the throes that are to issue in the regeneration of the world. Mark 13:9. Render: _But look ye to yourselves; for they shall deliver you unto sanhedrins and unto synagogues; ye shall be beaten; and at-th... [ Continue Reading ]
_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; Daniel 12:11. A comparison of this verse with the parallel passage in Matthew 24:15, makes it evident that the scene of this was to be the Tem... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 13:35. WATCH YE.—_Be ye wakeful_.—A military image. Don’t be caught napping at your post. Same word in Mark 13:37. AT EVEN, ETC.—The Roman divisions of the night. The four watches, of three hours each, began at sunset and ended at sunrise. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF T... [ Continue Reading ]