Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary

Mark 13:25

ἔσονται ἐκ τ. οὐρανοῦ ([2962][2963][2964][2965] rather than τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔσονται ([2966][2967][2968]).

[2962] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg. The whole Gospel, ending at Mark 16:8. Photographic facsimile, 1911.

[2963] Codex Alexandrinus. 5th cent. Brought by Cyril Lucar, Patriarch of Constantinople, from Alexandria, and afterwards presented by him to King Charles I. in 1628. In the British Museum. The whole Gospel. Photographic facsimile, 1879.
[2964] Codex Vaticanus. 4th cent., but perhaps a little later than א. In the Vatican Library almost since its foundation by Pope Nicolas V., and one of its greatest treasures. The whole Gospel, ending at Mark 16:8. Photographic facsimile, 1889.

[2965] Codex Ephraemi. 5th cent. A palimpsest: the original writing has been partially rubbed out, and the works of Ephraem the Syrian have been written over it; but a great deal of the original writing has been recovered; of Mark we have Mark 1:17 to Mark 6:31; Mark 8:5 to Mark 12:29; Mark 13:19 to Mark 16:20. In the National Library at Paris.

[2966] Codex Regius. 8th cent. An important witness. At Paris. Contains Mark 1:1 to Mark 10:15; Mark 10:30 to Mark 15:1; Mark 15:20 to Mark 16:20, but the shorter ending is inserted between Mark 16:8 and Mark 16:9, showing that the scribe preferred it to the longer one.

[2967] Codex Oxoniensis. 9th cent. Contains Mark, except Mark 3:35 to Mark 6:20.

[2968] Codex Sangallensis. 9th or 10th cent. Contains the Gospels nearly complete, with an interlinear Latin translation. The text of Mark is specially good, agreeing often with CL. At St Gall.

25. ἔσονται … πίπτοντες. Analytical future, as in Mark 13:13; “the stars will be continually falling.” Cf. Luke 5:10; Luke 17:35; Luke 21:24.

αἱ δυνάμεις … σαλευθήσονται. In all three. Isaiah (Isaiah 34:4) has these phenomena in reverse order; τακήσονται πᾶσαι αἱ δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν … καὶ πάντα τὰ ἄστρα πεσεῖται. Cf. Isaiah 40:26. Neither here nor in 1 Corinthians 15:40 are the heavenly bodies regarded as animated; the δυνάμεις in Ephesians 1:21 and 1 Peter 3:22 are different, being akin to angelic powers.

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