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Jesus, the Temple and the Coming Son of Man: A Commentary on Mark 13 is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Gospels contain many hard sayings of Jesus, but perhaps none have puzzled and intrigued readers as much as Jesus’ discourse on the coming of the Son of Man in Mark 13. Is Jesus speaking entirely of an event in the near future, a coming destruction of the temple? Or is he referring to a distant, end-of-the-world event? Or might he even be speaking of both near and distant events? But in that...

Corinthians did not know—Aramaic! Yet this prayerful yearning was so much a fundamental element in the worship of the early Christian community that it was repeated and memorized even by those who knew no Aramaic. Later the Greek form of this prayer became a part of the worship of the early church (cf. Rev 22:20). Second Peter 3:4, 10, 12 likewise speaks of the coming of the Lord (cf. also Jn 21:22–23; 1 Thess 5:2, 4). Perhaps the most striking parallel to Mark 13:26–27 is found in 1 Thessalonians
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