Mark 13:29

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

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 Then he will send his angels all around the earth to gather his chosen people from every part of the earth and from every part of heaven.

28 "Learn a lesson from the fig tree: When its branches become green and soft and new leaves appear, you know summer is near.

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

30 I tell you the truth, all these things will happen while the people of this time are still living.

31 Earth and sky will be destroyed, but the words I have said will never be destroyed.