Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Mark 13:7 - 13:7

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Mark 13:7 - 13:7


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7. πολέμους καὶ ἀκοὰς πολ. Josephus and Tacitus tell us of plenty; see esp. Tac. Hist. i. 2. For ἀκοάς see on Mar 1:28.

δεῖ γένεσθαι. In all three; from Dan 2:29; cf. Rev 1:1. God has so decreed. Cf. Mar 13:10 and Mar 8:31 and mark the characteristic asyndeton; γάρ in Mar 13:5; Mar 13:7 is an interpolation. “The epigrammatic brevity of Mk is specially striking in this context” (Swete).

οὔπω τὸ τέλος. Not yet is the end; Looking back to the disciples’ question about συντεῖσθαι.