Mark 13:29

29 And so it is with you. When you see all these things, you know he is 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 He'll dispatch the angels; they will pull in the chosen from the four winds, from pole to pole.

28 "Take a lesson from the fig tree. From the moment you notice its buds form, the merest hint of green, you know summer's just around the corner.

29 And so it is with you. When you see all these things, you know he is at the door.

30 Don't take this lightly. I'm not just saying this for some future generation, but for this one, too - these things will happen.

31 Sky and earth will wear out; my words won't wear out.