Mark 13:25

And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
the stars	ἀστέρες asteres	G792	a star (as strown over the sky) · noun — nominative plural masculine
of heaven	οὐρανοῦ ouranou	G3772	the sky · noun — genitive singular masculine
shall	ἔσομαι ésomai	G2071	will be
fall	ἐκπίπτω ekpíptō	G1601	to drop away
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
the powers	δυνάμεις dunameis	G1411	force (literally or figuratively) · noun — nominative plural feminine
that are	οἱ hoi	G3588	the (sometimes to be supplied · article — nominative plural masculine
in	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
heaven	οὐρανοῖς ouranois	G3772	the sky · noun — dative plural masculine
shall be shaken	σαλευθήσονται. saleuthēsontai	G4531	to waver · verb — future passive indicative, 3rd person plural

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Cross-references

Isaiah 34:4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as…
Revelation 6:13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 13:24-27

These verses seem to point at Christ's second coming, to judge the world; the disciples, in their question, had confounded the destruction of Jerusalem and the end of the world (Mat 24:3), which was built upon a mistake, as if the temple must needs stand as long as the world stands; this mistake Christ rectifies, and shows that the end of the world in those days, those other days you enquire about, the day of Christ's coming, and the day of judgment, shall be after that tribulation, and not coincident with it. Let those who live to see the Jewish nation destroyed, take heed of thinking that, because the Son of man doth not visibly come in the clouds then, he will never so come; no, he will c…

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Adam Clarke on Mark 13:20

Had shortened those days - Because of his chosen, added by D, Armenian, and five of the Itala. See Mat 24:22.

John Gill on Mark 13:25

And the stars of heaven shall fall,.... The Jewish Rabbins and doctors, who fell off from the written word, and compiled their "Misna", or oral law, their book of traditions, and set it up above the Bible, the foundation of which was laid immediately upon their dispersion. And the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken; the ordinances of the legal dispensation, which were shaken before, but now so shaken as to be removed; compare Haggai 2:6 with Hebrews 12:26; See Gill on Matthew 24:29.

John Calvin on Mark 13:24-27

Mark 13:24-27 Matthew 24:29-31 Mark 13:24-27 Luke 21:25-28 29. And immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 30. 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 coming in the clouds of heaven with great power and glory. 31. And he shall send his angels with a loud sound of a trumpet; and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one extremity of heaven to the other. 24. But in those days, after that tribulation, shall the…

The Church Fathers

The powers above—the angels guarding the universe—will be put into action in that storm and tumult of all things. Powerful men will stop. Laboring women will also stop and flee into the dark places of their houses.
— Gregory of Neocaesarea, ON ECCLESIASTES 12

(ubi sup.) What wonder is it that men should be troubled at this judgment, the sight of which makes the very Angelic powers to tremble? What will the stories of the house do when the pillars shake? What does the shrub of the wilderness undergo, when the cedar of paradise is moved?
— Bede ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

When impious persecutors rage beyond measure, and when the fortune of this world seems to smile upon them and fear leaves them and they say: "Peace and security," then the stars shall fall from heaven and the powers of heaven shall be moved, when many who seemed to shine brilliantly with grace will yield to the persecutors and will fall, and even the strongest of the faithful will be shaken.
— Augustine of Hippo, LETTER 199, To HESYCHIUS 39

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Dictionary and topics

Prophecy — Or prediction, was one of the functions of the prophet. It has been defined as a “miracle of knowledge, a declaration or description or representation of something future, beyond the power of human…
Astronomy · SI — SI
Earth · 5:18;24:3,14,29-31,35-39; — 5:18;24:3,14,29-31,35-39;
Stars · Falling of — Falling of

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 13:24-27

Adam Clarke on Mark 13:20

John Gill on Mark 13:25

John Calvin on Mark 13:24-27

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 13:24-27

Adam Clarke on Mark 13:20

John Gill on Mark 13:25

John Calvin on Mark 13:24-27

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Mark 13:24-27