“Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are all about to be fulfilled?”
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“Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are all about to be fulfilled?”
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Cross-references (6)
Passages linked to Mark 13:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Acts 1:6-7 Therefore when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It isn’t for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within his own authority.
- Matthew 24:3 As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?”
- Daniel 12:6 One said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long will it be to the end of these wonders?”
- John 21:21-22 Peter seeing him, said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?” Jesus said to him, “If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you? You follow me.”
- Daniel 12:8 I heard, but I didn’t understand. Then I said, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”
- Luke 21:7 They asked him, “Teacher, so when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are about to happen?”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and…
4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?
Ver. 4. Shall be fulfilled] or, have an end, συντελεισθαι, that is, be destroyed, as Mat 13:2. Which yet these apostles held not destroyable till the world’s destruction, as appears Mat 24:1-51.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Tell us when shall these things be?.... When the…
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 Mat 24:3.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Two questions are here asked; the one concerning the…
Two questions are here asked; the one concerning the destruction of Jerusalem: the other concerning the end of the world.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain When shall these things be? The miseries that took…
When shall these things be? The miseries that took place previously to the destruction of the temple and city of Jerusalem, were a figure of the extreme calamity that will happen before the last day, in the reign of Antichrist: hence Jesus Christ speaketh indifferently of both. (Bristow)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 4. what shall be the sign] The question is…
4. what shall be the sign] The question is given more fully by St Matthew, Mat_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.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (4) When shall these things be?—Note, as, perhaps, characteristic…
(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 Mat_24:3.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Tell us, when shall these things be?
Mar_13:4
Tell us, when shall these things be?
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Date fixing
Thats it! Fix the date of the coming failure, or the coming triumph. All of us are ready to join in that request. How we long to have the veil of the future lifted; and how well it is that the Lord does not gratify our longing in this. There is no greater blessing to us than Gods concealment of our future. There could be no surer curse from God than his opening before our eyes the pathway of our lives, so that we could see it to its very end. What heart breaking that would bring into a myriad homes! What a checking too, on every side, of hope and aspiration and noble endeavour! How it would paralyze loving effort, and check or destroy needed tenderness of love and deed in kindly ministry! We know not what we ask, when we crave an insight into the future. God knows what He does, and why, when He refuses every request of this kind from His loved and loving ones. (Sunday School Times.)
Leading astray
It is quite as important not to be led astray by false religious teachers as by any other class of deceivers or deceived; and there is quite as much danger in this line as in any other. Sincerity on our part is no guard against deception or wandering; nor is sincerity a safeguard to a religious teacher. Those who are themselves both honest and sincere would lead us astray if we followed them in their wrong path. There is danger of our being led astray by the sermons we hear, the papers or the books we read, the counsel or example of those whom we have supposed to be godly, or by the impulses or convictions of our own minds and hearts. There is such a thing as conscientious error teaching and devil serving. The warning of Jesus is, that ye take heed that no man lead you astray in doctrine or morals, through holding up a false standard of conduct, or a false interpretation of Gods Word. (Sunday School Times.)
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