Mark 13:1
While Jesus was leaving the Temple area, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, look at how marvelous these huge stones in the walls are and how wonderful these buildings are!”
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Ezekiel 7:20They were proud of their beautiful jewelry, and they used it to make their detestable idols and disgusting statues of their gods. So I will cause them to be disgusted with those things.
Ezekiel 10:4And the ◄glory/dazzling light► of Yahweh rose up from above the winged creatures and went to the entrance of the temple. The cloud filled the temple, and the courtyard was full of the ◄glory/dazzling light► of Yahweh.
Ezekiel 11:22Then the winged creatures, with their wheels beside them, spread their wings and flew up into the air, and the dazzling brightness of Yahweh was above them.
Matthew 24:1Jesus left the Temple courtyard. As he was walking along, we disciples came to him to ask him to note how beautiful the Temple buildings were.
Matthew Henry on Mark 13:1
We have here the substance of that prophetical sermon which our Lord Jesus preached, pointing at the destruction of Jerusalem, and the consummation of all things; it was one of the last of his sermons, and not ad populum —to the people, but ad clerum —to the clergy; it was private, preached only to four of his disciples, with whom his secret was. Here is, I. The occasion of his prediction—his disciples' admiring the building of the temple ( ver. 1, 2 ), and their enquiry concerning the time of the desolation of… Read the whole commentary →