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Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another.[a] All will be torn down!”[b]

Signs of the End of the Age

So[c] while he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John,[d] and Andrew asked him privately, “Tell us, when will these things[e] happen? And what will be the sign that all these things are about to take place?”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 13:2 sn With the statement not one stone will be left on another Jesus predicted the total destruction of the temple, something that did occur in a.d. 70.
  2. Mark 13:2 tn Grk “not one stone will be left here on another which will not be thrown down.”
  3. Mark 13:3 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.
  4. Mark 13:3 tn Grk “and James and John,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
  5. Mark 13:4 sn Both references to these things are plural, so more than the temple’s destruction is in view. The question may presuppose that such a catastrophe signals the end.

“Do you see all these great buildings?” replied Jesus. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”(A)

As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives(B) opposite the temple, Peter, James, John(C) and Andrew asked him privately, “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are all about to be fulfilled?”

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