Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 13:36
Find you sleeping - Inattentive to your post, neglecting your duty, and unprepared for his coming. read more
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Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 13:37
I say unto all, Watch - This command was proper, not only for those who were expecting the calamities that were soon to come upon the Jews, but for all who are soon to die and to go to the judgment. We know not the time of our death. We know not how soon we shall be called to the judgment. The Son of man may come at any moment, and we should therefore be ready. If we are his friends; if we have been renewed and pardoned; if we have repented of our sins, and have believed on him. and are leading... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 13:14-20
Mark 13:14-20. When ye shall see the abomination, &c. Our Lord, having foretold both the more remote and more immediate signs of the end of the Jewish economy, proceeds to describe the siege and destruction of Jerusalem. The abomination which caused the desolation, whereof Daniel prophesied, (Daniel 9:27,) signifies the Roman armies, with their standards, whereon the images of their idols were painted; which armies were an abomination to the Jews, on account of their idolatry, and... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 13:21-23
Mark 13:21-23. If any shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ See on Matthew 24:23-28. For there shall arise false Christs Grotius, and some others, think our Lord had Barchochebas in view here, because he expressly called himself Messiah, and pretended to work great miracles. But as the passage describes what was to happen about the time of the destruction of Jerusalem, it cannot be applied to Barchochebas, who arose in the reign of Adrian, about sixty years after. Josephus ( Antiq., ... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 13:24-31
Mark 13:24-31. But in those days Of vengeance; after that tribulation Attending the siege and taking of Jerusalem; the sun shall be darkened, &c. Our Lord having, in the preceding part of his discourse, given his disciples a particular account of the various circumstances which should precede and accompany the destruction of Jerusalem, proceeds now to describe the dissolution of the Jewish polity, and the abolition of the Mosiac economy, in all the pomp of language and imagery made... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 13:32
Mark 13:32. But of that day and hour knoweth no man See note on Matthew 24:36. Neither the Son, but the Father It must be observed here, that “the words ουδε ο υιος , neither the Son, have been omitted in some copies of Mark, as they are inserted in some copies of Matthew: but there is no sufficient authority for the omission in Mark, any more than for the insertion in Matthew. Erasmus, and some of the moderns, are of opinion, that the words were omitted in the text of Matthew, lest... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 13:33-37
Mark 13:33-37. Take ye heed Of every thing that would unfit you for your Master’s coming, that might lull you into a fatal security, and render you negligent and slothful: watch and pray Let your minds be always awake to a sense of your danger, and be on your guard against it: watch for the coming of your Lord, that it may not surprise you, and pray for that grace which is necessary to qualify you for it, by enabling you to fulfil his will in all things. For ye know not when the time is ... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 13:1-27
131. The coming crisis (Matthew 24:1-31; Mark 13:1-27; Luke 21:5-28)Through his parables and other teachings, Jesus had spoken a number of times of his going away and his return in glory, which would bring in the climax of the age, the triumph of his kingdom and final judgment. His disciples apparently connected these events with the predicted destruction of Jerusalem. Therefore, when Jesus spoke of the destruction of the temple, his disciples immediately connected this with the return of the... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 13:28-37
132. A warning to be alert always (Matthew 24:32-51; Mark 13:28-37; Luke 21:29-38)Just as the first leaves on a fig tree indicate that summer is coming, so when the disciples see the false messiahs, the persecution and the approach of the Roman armies, they will know that the destruction of Jerusalem and the Jewish nation is upon them. People of Jesus’ day would see the fulfilment of these things in their own lifetime (Matthew 24:32-35; Luke 21:29-33).As for the day when the Son of man will... read more
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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 13:35
Watch ye - Be diligent, faithful, and waiting for the return of your Lord, who will come at an unexpected hour.Master of the house - Denoting here the Lord Jesus.At even, or at midnight, or ... - This refers to the four divisions into which the Jews divided the night. read more