Mark 13:4

“When will somebody knock that building down? Will there be something to show us that it will soon happen?”

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3Then Jesus and his followers went out of Jerusalem, and they sat down on the hill called Olive Trees Hill. They could see God’s ceremony house from there. Peter, James, John and Andrew talked quietly to Jesus. They asked him,

5Jesus said, “Listen, you have to be careful. Don’t let anybody trick you.

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Cross References

Acts 1:6You know, at that time, the Roman government people were the bosses over all the people there. So when Jesus’s followers met together with him, they asked him, “Sir, are you going to fight the Romans at this time, and beat them, and give us back our own country, with our own boss for us Israel people?”

Matthew Henry on Mark 13:2-5

The Destruction of the Temple Foretold. 1 And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! 2 And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, 4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when… Read the whole commentary →

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