Mark 13 Geneva Bible (1599)
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1 And as he went out of the Temple, one of his disciples said vnto him, Master, see what maner stones, and what maner buildings are here.
1 Καὶ ἐκπορευομένου αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ λέγει αὐτῷ εἷς τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ· διδάσκαλε, ἴδε ποταποὶ λίθοι καὶ ποταπαὶ οἰκοδομαί.
2 Then Iesus answered and saide vnto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone vpon a stone, that shall not be throwen downe.
2 καὶ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτῷ· βλέπεις ταύτας τὰς μεγάλας οἰκοδομάς; οὐ μὴ ἀφεθῇ ὧδε λίθος ἐπὶ λίθον ὃς οὐ μὴ καταλυθῇ.
3 And as he sate on the mount of Oliues, ouer against the Temple, Peter, and Iames, and Iohn, and Andrew asked him secretly,
3 Καὶ καθημένου αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ ὄρος τῶν ἐλαιῶν κατέναντι τοῦ ἱεροῦ, ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν κατ᾽ ἰδίαν Πέτρος καὶ Ἰάκωβος καὶ Ἰωάννης καὶ Ἀνδρέας·
4 Tell vs, when shall these things be? and what shalbe the signe when all these things shalbe fulfilled?
4 εἰπὲ ἡμῖν πότε ταῦτα ἔσται, καὶ τί τὸ σημεῖον ὅταν μέλλῃ πάντα ταῦτα συντελεῖσθαι;
5 And Iesus answered them, and began to say, Take heede lest any man deceiue you.
5 ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἀποκριθεὶς ἤρξατο λέγειν αὐτοῖς· βλέπετε μή τις ὑμᾶς πλανήσῃ.
6 For many shall come in my Name, saying, I am Christ, and shall deceiue many.
6 πολλοὶ γὰρ ἐλεύσονται ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου λέγοντες ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι, καὶ πολλοὺς πλανήσουσιν.
7 Furthermore when ye shall heare, of warres, and rumours of warres, be ye not troubled: for such things must needes be: but the end shall not be yet.
7 ὅταν δὲ ἀκούσητε πολέμους καὶ ἀκοὰς πολέμων, μὴ θροεῖσθε· δεῖ γὰρ γενέσθαι, ἀλλ᾽ οὔπω τὸ τέλος.
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdome against kingdome, and there shalbe earthquakes in diuers quarters, and there shalbe famine and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorowes.
8 ἐγερθήσεται γὰρ ἔθνος ἐπὶ ἔθνος καὶ βασιλεία ἐπὶ βασιλείαν, καὶ ἔσονται σεισμοὶ κατὰ τόπους, καὶ ἔσονται λιμοὶ καὶ ταραχαί.
9 But take ye heede to your selues: for they shall deliuer you vp to the Councils, and to the Synagogues: ye shalbe beaten, and brought before rulers and Kings for my sake, for a testimoniall vnto them.
9 ἀρχαὶ ὠδίνων ταῦτα. Βλέπετε δὲ ὑμεῖς ἑαυτούς. παραδώσουσι γὰρ ὑμᾶς εἰς συνέδρια καὶ ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς αὐτῶν δαρήσεσθε, καὶ ἐπὶ ἡγεμόνων καὶ βασιλέων σταθήσεσθε ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτοῖς.
10 And the Gospel must first be published among all nations.
10 καὶ εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη δεῖ πρῶτον κηρυχθῆναι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον.
11 But when they leade you, and deliuer you vp, be not carefull before hand, neither studie what ye shall say: but what is giuen you at the same time, that speake: for it is not ye that speake, but the holy Ghost.
11 ὅταν δὲ ἀγάγωσιν ὑμᾶς παραδιδόντες, μὴ προμεριμνᾶτε τί λαλήσητε, μηδὲ μελετᾶτε, ἀλλ᾽ ὃ ἐὰν δοθῇ ὑμῖν ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ, τοῦτο λαλεῖτε· οὐ γὰρ ὑμεῖς ἐστε οἱ λαλοῦντες, ἀλλὰ τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον.
12 Yea, and the brother shall deliuer the brother to death, and the father the sonne, and the children shall rise against their parents, and shall cause them to die.
12 παραδώσει δὲ ἀδελφὸς ἀδελφὸν εἰς θάνατον καὶ πατὴρ τέκνον, καὶ ἐπαναστήσονται τέκνα ἐπὶ γονεῖς καὶ θανατώσουσιν αὐτούς.
13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my Names sake: but whosoeuer shall endure vnto the end, he shalbe saued.
13 καὶ ἔσεσθε μισούμενοι ὑπὸ πάντων διὰ τὸ ὄνομά μου· ὁ δὲ ὑπομείνας εἰς τέλος, οὗτος σωθήσεται.
14 Moreouer, when ye shall see the abomination of desolation (spoken of by Daniel the Prophet) set where it ought not, (let him that readeth, consider it) then let them that be in Iudea, flee into the mountaines,
14 Ὅταν δὲ ἴδητε τὸ βδέλυγμα τῆς ἐρημώσεως τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑπὸ Δανιὴλ τοῦ προφήτου ἑστὼς ὅπου οὐ δεῖ — ὁ ἀναγινώσκων νοείτω — τότε οἱ ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ φευγέτωσαν εἰς τὰ ὄρη,
15 And let him that is vpon the house, not come downe into the house, neither enter therein, to fetch any thing out of his house.
15 ὁ δὲ ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος μὴ καταβάτω εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν μηδὲ εἰσελθέτω ἆραί τι ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ,
16 And let him that is in the fielde, not turne backe againe to take his garment.
16 καὶ ὁ εἰς τὸν ἀγρὸν ὢν μὴ ἐπιστρεψάτω εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω ἆραι τὸ ἱμάτιον αὐτοῦ.
17 Then wo shalbe to the that are with child, and to them that giue sucke in those dayes.
17 οὐαὶ δὲ ταῖς ἐν γαστρὶ ἐχούσαις καὶ ταῖς θηλαζούσαις ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις.
18 Pray therefore that your flight be not in the winter.
18 προσεύχεσθε δὲ ἵνα μὴ γένηται ἡ φυγὴ ὑμῶν χειμῶνος.
19 For those dayes shalbe such tribulation, as was not from the beginning of ye creation which God created vnto this time, neither shalbe.
19 ἔσονται γὰρ αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι θλῖψις, οἵα οὐ γέγονε τοιαύτη ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς κτίσεως ἧς ἔκτισεν ὁ Θεὸς ἕως τοῦ νῦν καὶ οὐ μὴ γένηται.
20 And except that the Lord had shortened those dayes, no flesh shoulde be saued: but for the elects sake, which he hath chosen, he hath shortened those dayes.
20 καὶ εἰ μὴ ἐκολόβωσε Κύριος τὰς ἡμέρας, οὐκ ἂν ἐσώθη πᾶσα σάρξ· ἀλλὰ διὰ τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς οὓς ἐξελέξατο ἐκολόβωσε τὰς ἡμέρας.
21 Then if any man say to you, Loe, here is Christ, or, lo, he is there, beleeue it not.
21 καὶ τότε ἐάν τις ὑμῖν εἴπῃ, ἰδοὺ ὧδε ὁ Χριστός, ἰδοὺ ἐκεῖ, μὴ πιστεύετε.
22 For false Christes shall rise, and false prophets, and shall shewe signes and wonders, to deceiue if it were possible the very elect.
22 ἐγερθήσονται γὰρ ψευδόχριστοι καὶ ψευδοπροφῆται καὶ δώσουσι σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα πρὸς τὸ ἀποπλανᾶν, εἰ δυνατόν, καὶ τοὺς ἐκλεκτούς.
23 But take ye heede: beholde, I haue shewed you all things before.
23 ὑμεῖς δὲ βλέπετε· ἰδοὺ προείρηκα ὑμῖν ἅπαντα.
24 Moreouer in those dayes, after that tribulation, the sunne shall waxe darke, and ye moone shall not giue her light,
24 Ἀλλ᾽ ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις, μετὰ τὴν θλῖψιν ἐκείνην ὁ ἥλιος σκοτισθήσεται, καὶ ἡ σελήνη οὐ δώσει τὸ φέγγος αὐτῆς,
25 And the starres of heauen shall fall: and the powers which are in heauen, shall shake.
25 καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες ἔσονται ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πίπτοντες, καὶ αἱ δυνάμεις αἱ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς σαλευθήσονται.
26 And then shall they see the Sonne of man comming in ye cloudes, with great power and glory.
26 καὶ τότε ὄψονται τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐρχόμενον ἐν νεφέλαις μετὰ δυνάμεως πολλῆς καὶ δόξης.
27 And he shall then send his Angels, and shall gather together his elect from the foure windes, and from the vtmost part of the earth to the vtmost part of heauen.
27 καὶ τότε ἀποστελεῖ τοὺς ἀγγέλους αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπισυνάξει τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῶν τεσσάρων ἀνέμων, ἀπ᾽ ἄκρου τῆς γῆς ἕως ἄκρου τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.
28 Nowe learne a parable of the figge tree. When her bough is yet tender, and it bringeth foorth leaues, ye knowe that sommer is neere.
28 Ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς συκῆς μάθετε τὴν παραβολήν. ὅταν αὐτῆς ὁ κλάδος ἤδη γένηται ἁπαλὸς καὶ ἐκφύῃ τὰ φύλλα, γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐγγὺς τὸ θέρος ἐστίν·
29 So in like maner, when ye see these things come to passe, knowe that the kingdom of God is neere, euen at the doores.
29 οὕτω καὶ ὑμεῖς, ὅταν ἴδητε ταῦτα γινόμενα, γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐγγύς ἐστιν ἐπὶ θύραις.
30 Verely I say vnto you, that this generation shall not passe, till all these things be done.
30 ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐ μὴ παρέλθῃ ἡ γενεὰ αὕτη μέχρις οὗ πάντα ταῦτα γένηται.
31 Heauen and earth shall passe away, but my woordes shall not passe away.
31 ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ παρελεύσονται, οἱ δὲ ἐμοὶ λόγοι οὐ μὴ παρελεύσονται.
32 But of that day and houre knoweth no man, no, not the Angels which are in heauen, neither the Sonne himselfe, but the Father.
32 Περὶ δὲ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης ἢ τῆς ὥρας οὐδεὶς οἶδεν, οὐδὲ οἱ ἄγγελοι ἐν οὐρανῷ, οὐδὲ ὁ υἱός, εἰ μὴ ὁ πατήρ.
33 Take heede: watch, and praie: for yee knowe not when the time is.
33 Βλέπετε, ἀγρυπνεῖτε καὶ προσεύχεσθε· οὐκ οἴδατε γὰρ πότε ὁ καιρός ἐστιν.
34 For the Sonne of man is as a man going into a strange countrey, and leaueth his house, and giueth authoritie to his seruaunts, and to euery man his woorke, and commandeth the porter to watch.
34 ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἀπόδημος, ἀφεὶς τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ δοὺς τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ τὴν ἐξουσίαν, καὶ ἑκάστῳ τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῷ θυρωρῷ ἐνετείλατο ἵνα γρηγορῇ.
35 Watch ye therefore, (for ye know not whe ye master of the house will come, at eue, or at midnight, at the cocke crowing, or in the dawning,)
35 γρηγορεῖτε οὖν· οὐκ οἴδατε γὰρ πότε ὁ κύριος τῆς οἰκίας ἔρχεται, ὀψὲ ἢ μεσονυκτίου ἢ ἀλεκτοροφωνίας ἢ πρωΐ·
36 Least if he come suddenly, he should finde you sleeping.
36 μὴ ἐλθὼν ἐξαίφνης εὕρῃ ὑμᾶς καθεύδοντας.
37 And those things that I say vnto you, I say vnto all men, Watch.
37 ἃ δὲ ὑμῖν λέγω, πᾶσι λέγω· γρηγορεῖτε.
Cross references (35)
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- 1 Matthew 24:1–51; Ezekiel 11:22–23; Malachi 3:1–2; Ezekiel 8:6; Ezekiel 10:19
- 2 Luke 21:6; Matthew 24:2; Micah 3:12; Jeremiah 26:18; 1 Kings 9:7–8
- 3 Matthew 21:1; Mark 4:34; Mark 9:2; Mark 10:35; Mark 1:16–19
- 4 Acts 1:6–7; Matthew 24:3; John 21:21–22; Daniel 12:6; Daniel 12:8
- 5 Ephesians 5:6; Colossians 2:8; Jeremiah 29:8; 1 John 4:1; 2 Thessalonians 2:3
- 6 Mark 13:22; 1 John 4:1; John 5:43; Acts 5:36–39; Jeremiah 14:14
- 7 Luke 21:9–11; John 14:27; Matthew 24:6–7; Psalm 112:7; Psalm 27:3
- 8 Psalm 48:6; Matthew 24:8; Isaiah 37:3; Haggai 2:22; 1 Thessalonians 5:3
- 9 Matthew 10:17–18; John 16:2; 1 Corinthians 4:9–13; Mark 13:5; Philippians 1:29
- 10 Matthew 24:14; Colossians 1:23; Romans 10:18; Revelation 14:6; Colossians 1:6
- 11 Luke 21:14–15; Luke 12:11–12; Matthew 10:19–21; Acts 6:10; 1 Corinthians 2:13
- 12 Matthew 10:21; Luke 12:52–53; Luke 21:16; Micah 7:4–6; Matthew 24:10
- 13 John 15:18–19; Matthew 10:22; Luke 6:22; Matthew 24:13; Galatians 6:9
- 14 Daniel 9:27; Daniel 12:11; Daniel 11:31; Matthew 24:15–28; Luke 21:20–24
- 15 Hebrews 11:7; Luke 17:31–33; Philippians 3:7–8; Matthew 24:16–18; Proverbs 6:4–5
- 17 Luke 23:29; Lamentations 4:10; Hosea 13:16; Luke 21:23; Matthew 24:19–21
- 19 Daniel 12:1; Joel 2:2; Matthew 24:21; Daniel 9:26; Daniel 9:12
- 20 Matthew 24:22; Isaiah 65:8–9; Zechariah 13:8–9; Romans 11:28–32; Isaiah 1:9
- 21 Luke 21:8; Matthew 24:23–25; Matthew 24:5; Deuteronomy 13:1–3; Luke 17:23–24
- 22 Matthew 24:24; 2 Thessalonians 2:8–14; Mark 13:6; 1 John 2:26; Matthew 7:15
- 23 2 Peter 3:17; John 14:29; Luke 21:8; Isaiah 44:7–8; Mark 13:5
- 24 Isaiah 13:10; Acts 2:19–20; Revelation 6:12–14; Matthew 24:29–31; 2 Peter 3:10
- 25 Isaiah 34:4; Revelation 6:13
- 26 Revelation 1:7; Mark 14:62; Matthew 24:30; Matthew 16:27; Matthew 25:31
- 27 Zechariah 2:6; Matthew 24:31; Deuteronomy 30:4; Revelation 7:1–3; 2 Thessalonians 2:1
- 28 Luke 21:29–31; Matthew 24:32–33
- 29 James 5:9; 1 Peter 4:17–18; Hebrews 10:25–37; Ezekiel 12:25–28; Ezekiel 7:10–12
- 30 Matthew 24:34; Luke 21:32; Mark 9:1; Matthew 23:36; Matthew 16:28
- 31 Isaiah 40:8; Isaiah 51:6; Matthew 24:35; Luke 21:33; Matthew 5:18
- 32 Matthew 24:36–42; Acts 1:7; Matthew 25:13; Revelation 3:3; 1 Thessalonians 5:1–2
- 33 Romans 13:11–12; Luke 12:40; Ephesians 6:18; Revelation 16:15; Matthew 25:13
- 34 John 10:3; Matthew 25:14–30; Luke 12:36–40; Matthew 24:45–47; 1 Corinthians 15:58
- 35 Matthew 24:42; Mark 13:33; Matthew 24:44; Mark 14:30; Mark 6:48
- 36 1 Thessalonians 5:6–7; Matthew 24:48–51; Luke 21:34; Romans 13:11–14; Mark 14:40
- 37 Luke 12:41–46; Mark 13:33; Mark 13:35
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The advice, Brethren, which ye have just heard Scripture give, when it tells us to watch for the last day, every one should think of as concerning his own last day; lest haply when ye judge or think the last day of the world to be far distant, ye slumber with respect to your own last day.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
… of God; while even the Lord, the very Son of God, allowed that the Father alone knows the very day and hour of judgment, when He plainly declares, "But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, neither the Son, but the Father only." If, then, the Son was not ashamed to ascribe the knowledge of that day to …
Ye have heard what Jesus said concerning the last day of this world, "That neither the Angels of heaven, nor the Son knew it, but the Father." Where indeed there is a great difficulty, lest understanding this in a carnal way, we think that the Father knoweth anything which the Son knoweth not.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
"But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of Heaven, neither the Son, but the Father." By saying, not the angels, He stopped their mouths, that they should not seek to learn what these angels know not; and by saying, "neither the Son," forbids them not only to learn, but even to inquire.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Their tenth objection is the ignorance, and the statement that Of the last day and hour knoweth no man, not even the Son Himself, but the Father. And yet how can Wisdom be ignorant of anything--that is, Wisdom Who made the worlds, Who perfects them, Who remodels them, Who is the Limit of all things that were made, Who knoweth …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)