Mark 13:4

Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?

EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE)

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(4) When shall these things be?—Note, as, perhaps, characteristic of a Gospel written for Gentiles, the use of the vaguer words for the more definite “sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the world,” in Matthew 24:3.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

13:1-4 See how little Christ values outward pomp, where there is not real purity of heart. He looks with pity upon the ruin of precious souls, and weeps over them, but we do not find him look with pity upon the ruin of a fine house. Let us then be reminded how needful it is for us to have a more lasting abode in heaven, and to be prepared for it by the influences of the Holy Spirit, sought in the earnest use of all the means of grace.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

On the mount of Olives, over against the temple - The Mount of Olives was directly east of Jerusalem, and from it there was a fine view of the temple.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

4. Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?—"and what shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the world?" They no doubt looked upon the date of all these things as one and the same, and their notions of the things themselves were as confused as of the times of them. Our Lord takes His own way of meeting their questions.

Prophecies of the Destruction of Jerusalem (Mr 13:5-31).

Matthew Poole's Commentary

See Poole on "Mr 13.3"

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Tell us when shall these things be?.... When the temple will be destroyed, and these fine buildings shall be demolished, and not one of these large stones shall be left upon another:

and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled? And what is the sign of his coming, and of the end of the world, as Matthew relates; See Gill on Matthew 24:3.

Geneva Study Bible

Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?

EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)

Expositor's Greek Testament

Mark 13:4. The question of the four has exclusive reference to the predicted destruction of the sacred buildings. In Mt. three questions are mixed together: vide notes there.

Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

4. what shall be the sign] The question is given more fully by St Matthew, Matthew 24:3. It embraced three points: (i) the time of the destruction of the Temple; the sign (ii) of His Coming, and (iii) of the end of the world.

Bengel's Gnomen

Mark 13:4. Ταῦτα, these things) viz. as concerns the temple.—πάντα ταῦτα, all these things) viz. as concerns not only the temple, but also all other things, that is, the whole world.

Mark 13:4