Mark 13:29

29 In the same way, when you see these things happening, you will know that the time is near, ready to begin.

Mark 13:29 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 13:29

So ye, in like manner
This is an accommodation of the parable to the present case:

when ye shall see these things come to pass;
the signs preceding the destruction of Jerusalem, and especially the abomination of desolation, or the Roman army surrounding it:

know that it, o
r he is nigh, even at at the doors;
either that the destruction of Jerusalem is near; or that the son of man is just ready to come to take vengeance on it; or as Luke says, ( Luke 21:31 ) , the kingdom of God is nigh at hand; or a more glorious display of the kingly power of Christ, in the destruction of his enemies, and a greater spread of his Gospel in the Gentile world; (See Gill on Matthew 24:33).

Mark 13:29 In-Context

27 He will send the angels out to the four corners of the earth to gather God's chosen people from one end of the world to the other.

28 "Let the fig tree teach you a lesson. When its branches become green and tender and it starts putting out leaves, you know that summer is near.

29 In the same way, when you see these things happening, you will know that the time is near, ready to begin.

30 Remember that all these things will happen before the people now living have all died.

31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

Footnotes

• [a]. the time is near, ready to begin; [or] he is near, ready to come.