Albert Barnes Commentary Mark 13:1

"And as he went forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Teacher, behold, what manner of stones and what manner of buildings!" — Mark 13:1 (ASV)

Mark 13

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

1. What manner of stones (Mark 13:1). The stones here referred to were those used in the building of the temple, and the walls on the sides of Mount Moriah on which the temple stood. The temple was constructed of white marble, and the blocks were of a prodigious size. Josephus says that these stones were some of them fifty feet long, twenty-four broad, and sixteen in thickness.