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Mark 13

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Mark 13:1–2

  • Bede on Mark 13:1–2 — Because after the founding of the Church of Christ, Judaea was to be punished for her treachery, the Lord fitly, after praising the devotedness of the Church in the person of the poor widow, goes out of the temple,…vatican.va
  • Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 13:1–2 — For, since the Lord had spoken much concerning the destruction of Jerusalem, His disciples wondered, that such numerous and beautiful buildings were to be destroyed; and this is the reason why they point out the…vatican.va
  • Bede on Mark 13:1–2 (2) — But it was ordered by Divine power that after that the grace of the faith of the Gospel was made known through the world, the temple itself with its ceremonies should be taken away; lest perchance some one weak in…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Mark 13:1–2 — Here also the Lord enumerates to His disciples the destruction of the last time, that is of the temple, with the people, and its letter; of which one stone shall not be left upon another, that is, no testimony of the…vatican.va
  • Bede on Mark 13:1–2 (3) — Again, when the Lord left the temple, all the edifice of the law and the framework of the commandments were destroyed, so that nothing could be filled up by the Jews; and now that the head has been taken away, all…vatican.va

Mark 13:3–8

  • Bede on Mark 13:3–8 — Because the Lord, when some were praising the buildings of the temple, had plainly answered that all these were to be destroyed, the disciples privately enquired about the time and the signs of the destruction which…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Mark 13:3–8 — In answer to the disciples, the Lord tells them of things which were from that time forth to have their course; whether He meant the destruction of Jerusalem which occasioned their question, or His own coming through…vatican.va
  • Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 13:3–8 — But before answering their question, He strengthens their minds that they may not be deceived. Wherefore there follows: “And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you?” And this He says,…vatican.va
  • Bede on Mark 13:3–8 (2) — For many came forward, when destruction was hanging over Jerusalem, saying that they were Christs, and that the time of freedom was now approaching. Many teachers of heresy also arose in the Church even in the time…vatican.va
  • Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 13:3–8 (2) — That is, the Romans against the Jews, which Josephus relates happened before the destruction of Jerusalem. For when the Jews refused to pay tribute, the Romans arose, in anger; but because at that time they were…vatican.va
  • Bede on Mark 13:3–8 (3) — Now it is on record that this literally took place at the time of the Jewish rebellion. But “kingdom against kingdom,” the pestilence of those whose word spreads as a canker, dearth of the word of God, the commotion…vatican.va

Mark 13:9–13

  • Bede on Mark 13:9–13 — The Lords shews how Jerusalem and the province of Judaea merited the infliction of such calamities, in the following words: “But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the…vatican.va
  • Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 13:9–13 — Fitly also did He premise a recital of those things which concerned the Apostles, that in their own tribulations they might find some consolation in the community of troubles and sufferings. There follows: “And ye…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Mark 13:9–13 — Matthew adds, “And then shall the end come.” [Matt 24:14]vatican.va
  • Bede on Mark 13:9–13 (2) — Ecclesiastical historians testify that this was fulfilled, for they relate that all the Apostles long before the destruction of the province of Judaea were dispersed to preach the Gospel over the whole world, except…vatican.va
  • Glossa Ordinaria on Mark 13:9–13 — Another anxiety might also arise in the breasts of the disciples. Lest therefore after hearing that they were to be brought before kings and rulers, they should fear that their want of science and eloquence should…vatican.va
  • Bede on Mark 13:9–13 (3) — For when we are led before judges for Christ’s sake, all our duty is to offer up our will for Christ. As for the rest, Christ Himself who dwells in us speaks for us, and the grace of the Holy Ghost shall be given us,…vatican.va
  • Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 13:9–13 (2) — He also foretells to them a worse evil, that they should suffer persecution from their relations. Wherefore there follows: “Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children…vatican.va
  • Bede on Mark 13:9–13 (4) — This has often been seen in time of persecution, nor can there be any firm affection amongst men who differ in faith.vatican.va
  • Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 13:9–13 (3) — And this He says, that on hearing it, they might prepare themselves to bear persecutions and ills with greater patience. Then He brings them consolation, saying, “And ye shall be hated of all men for My name’s sake;”…vatican.va

Mark 13:14–20

  • Glossa Ordinaria on Mark 13:14–20 — After speaking of the things which were to happen before the destruction of the city, the Lord now foretells those which happened about the destruction itself of the city, saying, “But when ye shall see the…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Mark 13:14–20 — Matthew says, standing “in the holy place;” but with this verbal difference Mark has expressed the same meaning; for He says “where it ought not” to stand, because it ought not to stand in the holy place.vatican.va
  • Bede on Mark 13:14–20 — When we are challenged to understand what is said, we may conclude that it is mystical. But it may either be said simply of Antichrist, or of the statue of Caesar, which Pilate put into the temple, or of the…vatican.va
  • Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 13:14–20 — Or He means by “the abomination of desolation” the entrance of enemies into the city by violence.vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Mark 13:14–20 (2) — But Luke, in order to shew that the abomination of desolation happened when Jerusalem was taken, in this same place gives the words of our Lord, “And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that…vatican.va
  • Bede on Mark 13:14–20 (2) — It is on record that this was literally fulfilled, when on the approach of the war with Rome and the extermination of the Jewish people, all the Christians who were in that province, warned by the prophecy, fled far…vatican.va
  • Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 13:14–20 (2) — And well does He say, “Who are in Judaea,” for the Apostles were no longer in Judaea, but before the battle had been driven from Jerusalem.vatican.va
  • Glossa Ordinaria on Mark 13:14–20 (2) — [ed. note: Non in Gloss - sed ap. Theophylact] Or rather went out of their own accord, being led by the Holy Ghost. It goes on: “And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein,…vatican.va
  • Bede on Mark 13:14–20 (3) — That is, they whose wombs or whose hands, overladen with the burden of children, in no small measure impede their forced flight.vatican.va
  • Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 13:14–20 (3) — But it seems to me, that in these words He foretells the eating of children, for when afflicted by famine and pestilence, they laid hands on their children.vatican.va
  • Glossa Ordinaria on Mark 13:14–20 (3) — Again, after having mentioned this double impediment to flight, which might arise either from the desire of taking away property, or from having children to carry, He touches upon the third obstacle, namely, that…vatican.va
  • Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 13:14–20 (4) — That is, lest they who wish to fly should be impeded by the difficulties of the season. And He fitly gives the cause for so great a necessity for flight; saying, “For in those days shall be affliction, such as was…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Mark 13:14–20 (3) — For Josephus, who has written the history of the Jews, relates that such things were suffered by this people, as are scarcely credible, wherefore it is said, not without cause, that there was not such tribulation…vatican.va
  • Bede on Mark 13:14–20 (4) — The only refuge in such evils is, that God who gives strength to suffer, should abridge the power of inflicting. Wherefore there follows: “And except that the Lord had shortened those days.”vatican.va
  • Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 13:14–20 (5) — That is, if the Roman war had not been soon finished, “no flesh should be saved;” that is, no Jew should have escaped; “but for the elect’s sake, whom He hath chosen,” that is, for the sake of the believing Jews, or…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Mark 13:14–20 (4) — But some persons more fitly understand that the calamities themselves are signified by days, as evil days are spoken of in other parts of Holy Scripture; for the days themselves are not evil, but what is done in…vatican.va
  • Bede on Mark 13:14–20 (5) — Or else; these words, “In those days shall be affliction,” properly agree with the times of Antichrist, when not only tortures more frequent, and more painful than before are to be heaped on the faithful, but also,…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Mark 13:14–20 — For our flight is to the mountains, that he who has mounted to the heights of virtue may not go down to the depths of sin.vatican.va
  • Bede on Mark 13:14–20 (6) — Then let him who is on the house-top, that is, whose mind rises above carnal deeds, and who lives spiritually, as it were in the free air, not come down to the base acts of his former conversation, nor seek again…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Mark 13:14–20 (2) — “Pray that your flight may not be in the winter, or on the sabbath day,” that is, that the fruit of our work may not be ended with the end of time; for fruit comes to an end in the winter and time in the sabbath.vatican.va
  • Bede on Mark 13:14–20 (7) — But if we are to understand it of the consummation of the world, He commands that our faith and love for Christ should not grow cold, and that we should not grow lazy and cold in the work of God, by taking a sabbath…vatican.va
  • Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 13:14–20 (6) — We must also avoid sin with fervour, and not coldly and quietly.vatican.va
  • Jerome on Mark 13:14–20 (3) — But the tribulation shall be great, and the days short, for the sake of the elect, lest the evil of this time should change their understanding.vatican.va

Mark 13:21–27

  • Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 13:21–27 — After that the Lord had finished all that concerned Jerusalem, He now speaks of the coming of Antichrist, saying, “Then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, to, he is there; believe him not.” But when…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Mark 13:21–27 — For then shall Satan be unchained, and work through Antichrist in all his power, wonderfully indeed, but falsely. But a doubt is often raised whether the Apostle said “signs and lying wonders,” because he is to…vatican.va
  • Gregory the Great on Mark 13:21–27 — Why however is it said with a doubt “if it were possible,” when the Lord knows beforehand what is to be? One of two things is implied; that if they are elect, it is not possible; and if it is possible, they are not…vatican.va
  • Bede on Mark 13:21–27 — Some however refer this to the time of the Jewish captivity, where many, declaring themselves to be Christs, drew after them crowds of deluded persons; but during the siege of the city there was no Christian to whom…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Mark 13:21–27 (2) — For He did not only foretel to His disciples the good things which He would give to His saints and faithful ones, but also the woes in which this world was to abound, that we might look for our reward at the end of…vatican.va
  • Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 13:21–27 (2) — But after the coming of Antichrist, the frame of the world shall be altered and changed, for the stars shall be obscured on account of the abundance of the brightness of Christ. Wherefore it goes on: “But in those…vatican.va
  • Bede on Mark 13:21–27 (2) — For the stars in the day of judgment shall appear obscure, not by any lessening of their own light, but because of the brightness of the true light, that is, of the most high Judge coming upon them; although there is…vatican.va
  • Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 13:21–27 (3) — That is, the Angelic virtues shall be astonished, seeing that such great things are done, and that their fellow-servants are judged.vatican.va
  • Bede on Mark 13:21–27 (3) — What wonder is it that men should be troubled at this judgment, the sight of which makes the very Angelic powers to tremble? What will the stories of the house do when the pillars shake? What does the shrub of the…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Mark 13:21–27 — Or else, the sun shall be darkened, at the coldness of their hearts, as in the winter time. And the moon shall not give her light with serenity, in this time of quarrel, and the stars of heaven shall fail in their…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Mark 13:21–27 (3) — For since it was said by the Angels to the Apostles, “He shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven,” [Acts 1:11] rightly do we believe that He will come not only in the same body, but on a…vatican.va
  • Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 13:21–27 (4) — But they shall see the Lord as the Son of Man, that is, in the body, for that which is seen is body.vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Mark 13:21–27 (4) — For the vision of the Son of Man is shewn even to the bad, but the vision of the form of God to the pure in heart alone, “for they shall see God.” [Matt 5:8] And because the wicked cannot see the Son of God, as He is…vatican.va
  • Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 13:21–27 (5) — Observe that Christ sends the Angels as well as the Father; where then are they who say that He is not equal to the Father? For the Angels go forth to gather together the faithful, who are chosen, that they may be…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Mark 13:21–27 (2) — As corn winnowed from the threshing-floor of the whole earth.vatican.va
  • Bede on Mark 13:21–27 (4) — By “the four winds,” He means the four parts of the world, the east, the west, the north, and the south. And lest any one should think that the elect are to be gathered together only from the four edges of the world,…vatican.va

Mark 13:28–31

  • Bede on Mark 13:28–31 — Under the example of a tree the Lord gave a pattern of the end, saying, “Now learn a parable of the fig tree, when her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near. So ye in like…vatican.va
  • Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 13:28–31 — As if He had said, As when the fig tree puts forth its leaves, summer follows at once, so also after the woes of Antichrist, at once, without an interval, shall be the coming of Christ, who will be to the just as…vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Mark 13:28–31 — All that is said by the three Evangelists concerning the Advent of our Lord, if diligently compared together and examined, will perchance be found to belong to His daily coming in His body, that is, the Church,…vatican.va
  • Bede on Mark 13:28–31 (2) — This fruitbearing of the fig tree may also be understood to mean the state of the synagogue, which was condemned to everlasting barrenness, because when the Lord came, it had no fruits of righteousness in those who…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Mark 13:28–31 — Or else, the leaves which come forth are words now spoken, the summer at hand is the day of Judgment, in which every tree shall shew what it had within it, deadness for burning, or greenness to be planted with the…vatican.va
  • Bede on Mark 13:28–31 (3) — By generation He either means the whole race of mankind, or specially the Jews.vatican.va
  • Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 13:28–31 (2) — Or else, “This generation shall not pass away,” that is, the generation of Christians, “until all things be fulfilled,” which were spoken concerning Jerusalem and the coming of Antichrist; for He does not mean the…vatican.va
  • Bede on Mark 13:28–31 (4) — The heaven which shall pass away is not the ethereal or starry heaven, but the heaven where is the air. For wheresoever the water of the judgment could reach, there also, according to the words of the blessed Peter,…vatican.va

Mark 13:32–37

  • Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 13:32–37 — The Lord wishing to prevent His disciples from asking about that day and hour, says, “But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.” For if He…vatican.va
  • Hilary of Poitiers on Mark 13:32–37 — This ignorance of the day and hour is urged against the Only-Begotten God, as if, God born of God had not the same perfection of nature as God. But first, let common sense decide whether it is credible that He, who…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Mark 13:32–37 — For we must needs watch with our souls before the death of the body.vatican.va
  • Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 13:32–37 (2) — But He teach us two things, watching and prayer; for many of us watch, but watch only to pass the night in wickedness; He now follows this up with a parable, saying, “For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far…vatican.va
  • Bede on Mark 13:32–37 — The man who taking a far journey left his house is Christ, who ascending as a conqueror to His Father after the Resurrection, left His Church, as to His bodily presence, but has never deprived her of the safeguard of…vatican.va
  • Gregory the Great on Mark 13:32–37 — For the earth is properly the place for the flesh, which was as it were carried away to a far country, when it was placed by our Redeemer in the heavens. “And he gave his servants power over every work,” when, by…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Mark 13:32–37 (2) — For he who sleeps applies not his mind to real bodies, but to phantoms, and when he awakes, he possesses not what he had seen; so also are those, whom the love of this world seizes upon in this life; they quit after…vatican.va
  • Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 13:32–37 (3) — See again that He has not said, I know not when the time will be, but, “Ye know not.” For the reason why He concealed it was that it was better for us; for if, now that we know not the end, we are careless, what…vatican.va
  • Jerome on Mark 13:32–37 (3) — He thus concludes His discourse, that the last should hear from those who come first this precept which is common to all; wherefore He adds, “But what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.”vatican.va
  • Augustine of Hippo on Mark 13:32–37 — For He not only speaks to those in whose hearing He then spake, but even to all who came after them, before our time, and even to us, and to all after us, even to His last coming. but shall that day find all living,…vatican.va

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Genesis 22:17 · Isaiah 30:26 · Matthew 3:1 · Matthew 5:8 · Matthew 24:14 · Matthew 25:31 · Luke 21:20 · Acts 1:11 · Acts 8:10 · Romans 11:25

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