Mark 13:26

Mark 13:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
• New International Version (NIV)“At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

Context of Mark 13:26

24“But in those days, after that trouble, ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, 25and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.’ And then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in clouds’ with great power and glory. 27Then He will send out the angels and will gather together His chosen from the four winds, from the end of the earth, to the end of heaven.” 28“Now learn the parable from the fig tree. When its branch becomes tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near.

Mark 13:26 word by word

καὶ τότε ὄψονται τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐρχόμενον ἐν νεφέλαις μετὰ δυνάμεως πολλῆς καὶ δόξης.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• thenτότεtote · thenG5119
• shall they seeὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• the Sonὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• of manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• comingἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the cloudsνεφέληnephelē · cloudG3507
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• greatπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• powerδύναμιςdunamis · powerG1411
• gloryδόξαdoxa · gloryG1391

Cross-references for Mark 13:26

• Mark 8:38For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this unfaithful and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels!”
• Mark 14:62“I am,” said Yeshua, “and you shall see ‘the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Powerful One,’ and ‘coming with the clouds of heaven’!”
• Daniel 7:9“While I was watching, thrones were set up, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His garment was as white as snow, and the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was ablaze with flames, its wheels a burning fire.
• Matthew 16:17Yeshua said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven!
• Matthew 24:30Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the land will mourn, and they will see ‘the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven’ with power and great glory.
• Matthew 25:31“Now when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.
• Acts 1:11They said, “Men of Galilee, why do you keep standing here staring into heaven? This Yeshua, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw Him go into heaven.”
• 1 Thessalonians 4:16For the Lord Himself shall come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the blast of God’s shofar, and the dead in Messiah shall rise first.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:7and relief to you who suffer trouble along with us. At the revelation of the Lord Yeshua from heaven with His mighty angels
• Revelation 1:7“Look, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye shall see Him, even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth shall mourn because of Him. Yes, amen!”

Commentaries on Mark 13:26

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-27Verses 24-27 The disciples had confounded the destruction of Jerusalem and the end of the world. This mistake Christ set right, and showed that the day of Christ's coming, and the day of judgment, shall be after that tribulation. Here he foretells the final dissolution of the present frame and fabric of the world. Also, the visible appearance of the Lord Jesus coming in the clouds, and the gathering together of all the elect to him.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-27But in those days, after that tribulation: Many scholars think this passage uses symbolic or figurative language. They believe the signs in the sky 13:24–25), the coming of the Son of Man (13:26), and the gathering of God’s chosen people (13:27) all point to Jerusalem’s destruction in AD 70. They also believe this event showed that the Son of Man had been proved right. However, the traditional interpretation is different. It says that the earlier verses…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory--In Mt 24:30, this is given most fully: "And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man," &c. That this language finds its highest interpretation in the Second Personal Coming of Christ, is most certain. But the question is, whether that be the primary sense of it as it…Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Son of man
• Choose
• Cloud
• Eschatology of the New Testament
• Jesus Christ
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Messiah
• Millennium, Premillennial View
• Parousia

Commentaries on Mark 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings