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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...

Jesus himself, returned from heaven. The most likely interpretation is that these are Jewish claimants who falsely assert that they are what Jesus really is, the Messiah or Christ.17 This interpretation receives additional support from 13:21–22 and the parallel in Matthew 24:5, “For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah!’ and they will lead many astray.” The appearance of such false messiahs, however, should not confuse them and cause them to think that their appearance indicates that
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