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Mark 13:29

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29 Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it[a] is near, right at the door.
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Mark 13:29 in Other Translations

KJV
29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
ESV
29 So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he is near, at the very gates.
NLT
29 In the same way, when you see all these things taking place, you can know that his return is very near, right at the door.
MSG
29 And so it is with you. When you see all these things, you know he is at the door.
CSB
29 In the same way, when you see these things happening, know that He is near-at the door!

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).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Mark 13:29 In-Context

27 And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.
28 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.
29 Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that itis near, right at the door.
30 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.
31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

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