Master, behold, what manner of stones and what manner of buildings (διδασκαλε, ιδε ποταπο λιθο κα ποταπα οικοδομα).[Reference Matt…

Mark 13

The principal things in this chapter are fully explained in Matthew 24.

1. What manner of stones ([Re…

One of his disciples.—Note St. Mark’s vivid way of giving the very words of the disciple, instead of saying with St. Matthew that …

The Venerable Bede: Because Judea was to be punished for its treachery after the founding of the Church of Christ, the Lord fit…

As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of his disciples, on looking at the temple in all its grandeur, uttered an exclamation over its beauty and mas…

And as he went out of the temple
The Ethiopic version reads, "as they went out"; Christ and his disciples: for when …

See how little Christ values outward pomp, where there is not real purity of heart. He looks with pity upon the ruin of precious souls, and weeps o…