Mark 13:1-2
New English Translation
The Destruction of the Temple
13 Now[a] as Jesus[b] was going out of the temple courts, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, look at these tremendous stones and buildings!”[c] 2 Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another.[d] All will be torn down!”[e]
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- Mark 13:1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.
- Mark 13:1 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Mark 13:1 sn The Jerusalem temple was widely admired around the world. See Josephus, Ant. 15.11 [15.380-425]; J. W. 5.5 [5.184-227] and Tacitus, History 5.8, who called it “immensely opulent.” Josephus compared it to a beautiful snowcapped mountain.
- Mark 13:2 sn With the statement not one stone will be left on another Jesus predicted the total destruction of the temple, something that did occur in a.d. 70.
- Mark 13:2 tn Grk “not one stone will be left here on another which will not be thrown down.”
Mark 13:1-2
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament
13 And kai as he autos went ekporeuomai out of ek the ho temple hieron, one heis of ho his autos disciples mathētēs said legō to him autos, “ Teacher didaskalos, look ide, what potapos massive stones lithos and kai what potapos magnificent buildings oikodomē!” 2 And kai · ho Jesus Iēsous said legō to him autos, “ Do you see blepō these houtos · ho great megas buildings oikodomē? Not ou mē a single stone lithos will be left aphiēmi here hōde resting on epi another lithos that hos will not ou mē be thrown down katalyō.”
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