Mark 13:1

Mark 13:1-13. Prophecies of the Destruction of Jerusalem

1. And as he went Leaving the Temple, He passed with His Apostles down the eastern steps toward the valley of the Kidron. As they were passing on,

one of his disciples invited His attention to the marvellous structure they were quitting, to the enormous size of its marble blocks, the grandeur of its buildings, and the gorgeous gifts with which, though still unfinished, it had been endowed (Luke 21:5). Josephus tells us that while some of the stones were forty-five feet, most were thirty-seven and a half feet long, twelve feet high, and eighteen broad. Jos. Bell. Jud. v. 6. 6; Ant. xv. 11. 3.