Mark 13:29

29 So also you, 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).

Mark 13:29 In-Context

27 And then he will send out the angels, and will gather the elect together from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of heaven.

28 "Now learn the parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near.

29 So also you, when you see these [things] happening, know that he is near, at the door.

30 Truly I say to you that this generation will never pass away until all these [things] take place!

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

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "you know"