Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary

Mark 13:16

ὁ εἰς τὸν�. Perhaps, “The man who has gone to his field.” But, in late Greek, εἰς answers both Whither? and Where? cf. Mark 1:39; Mark 10:10; in both places inferior texts substitute ἐν for εἰς. In Cornwall “up to” = “at.” Here Mt. has ἐν. Blass § 39. 3. See on Mark 13:27.

εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω. Freq. in the Gospels (Luke 9:62; Luke 17:31; John 6:66; John 18:6; John 20:14; cf. Philippians 3:13), and in LXX. “The passage recalls Lot’s escape from Sodom, Genesis 19:17” (Swete).

τὸ ἱμάτιον αὐτοῦ. Almost indispensable for a journey (Acts 12:8): nevertheless the risk in going back to fetch it would be too great. The man would leave it behind in going to work and would wear only a χιτών (Mark 6:9) = “shirt,” or a σινδών (Mark 14:51) = “loin-cloth.” Cf. Virg. Geor. i. 299. See on Mark 10:50.

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Mark 13:16

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