Mark 13:1

CHAPTER XIII.

Jesus predicts the destruction of the temple, 1, 2.

His disciples inquire when this shall be, and what previous

sign there shall be of this calamity, 3, 4;

which questions he answers very solemnly and minutely, 5-27;

illustrates the whole by a parable, 28, 29;

asserts the absolute certainty of the events, 30, 31;

shows that the precise minute cannot be known by man, 32;

and inculcates the necessity of watchfulness and prayer, 33-37.

NOTES ON MARK XIII.

Verse Mark 13:1. See what manner of stones] Josephus says, ANT. b. xv. chap. Mark 11: "That these stones were white and strong, FIFTY feet long, TWENTY-FOUR broad, and SIXTEEN in thickness." If this account can be relied on, well might the disciples be struck with wonder at such a superb edifice, and formed by such immense stones! The principal contents of this chapter are largely explained in the notes on Matthew 24:, and to these the reader is requested to refer.