Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Mark 13:27
And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
27. then shall he send his angels ] As the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father (Joh 1:18), alone ever declared or manifested Him to His creatures, so to Him God hath delegated the universal and ultimate judgment of mankind, that “as in our nature He performed all that was requisite to save us, as in our nature He was exalted to God’s right hand to rule and bless us, so He shall in our nature appear to judge us.” Barrow’s Sermons; comp. also Pearson On the Creed, Art. vii.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
27. And then shall he send hisangels“with a great sound of a trumpet” (Mt24:31).
and shall gather together hiselect, c.As the tribes of Israel were anciently gatheredtogether by sound of trumpet (Exo 19:13Exo 19:16; Exo 19:19;Lev 23:24; Psa 81:3-5),so any mighty gathering of God’s people, by divine command, isrepresented as collected by sound of trumpet (Isa27:13; compare Re 11:15);and the ministry of angels, employed in all the great operations ofProvidence, is here held forth as the agency by which the presentassembling of the elect is to be accomplished. LIGHTFOOTthus explains it: “When Jerusalem shall be reduced to ashes, andthat wicked nation cut off and rejected, then shall the Son of mansend His ministers with the trumpet of the Gospel, and they shallgather His elect of the several nations, from the four corners ofheaven: so that God shall not want a Church, although that ancientpeople of His be rejected and cast off: but that ancient JewishChurch being destroyed, a new Church shall be called out of theGentiles.” But though something like this appears to be theprimary sense of the verse, in relation to the destruction ofJerusalem, no one can fail to see that the language swells beyond anygathering of a human family into a Church upon earth, and forces thethoughts onward to that gathering of the Church “at the lasttrump,” to meet the Lord in the air, which is to wind up thepresent scene. Still, this is not, in our judgment, the directsubject of the prediction; for Mr13:28 limits the whole prediction to the generation thenexisting.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And then he shall send his angels,…. The ministers of the Gospel to preach it, and plant more churches among the Gentiles, since that at Jerusalem was entirely broken up:
and shall gather together his elect; that is, he the son of man, or Christ, shall gather them by the ministry of his servants; or “they shall gather them”, as the Ethiopic version reads; and as Beza says it is read in a certain copy: these ministers shall be the means of gathering such whom God has chosen from all eternity, to obtain salvation by Christ, out of the world, and unto Christ, and into a Gospel church state: even
from the uttermost part of the earth, to the uttermost part of the heaven; be they where they will, on earth, and under the whole heavens; [See comments on Mt 24:31].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Shall gather together his elect ( ). This is the purpose of God through the ages.
From the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven (‘ ). The Greek is very brief, “from the tip of earth to the tip of heaven.” This precise phrase occurs nowhere else.
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
From the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven [ ] . From the outermost border of the earth, conceived as a flat surface, to where the outermost border of the heaven sets a limit to the earth. Compare Mt 24:31. Mark’s expression is more poetical.
Fuente: Vincent’s Word Studies in the New Testament
1) “And then shall He send His angels,” (kai tote apostelei tous angelous) “And then (at that point in time) He will commission, mandate, or directly send His angels,” Heb 1:14, as He comes “to earth,” in power and great glory, Mar 13:26. Not “in the air only,” as when He previously raised the righteous dead, and caught up His own, the church alive, those who looked for Him, 1Th 2:14-15; 1Th 4:13-18; Heb 9:28.
2) “And shall gather together His elect,” (kai episunaksei tous eklektous [autou)) “And They will assemble, or gather together in close colleague or affinity the elect, or His chosen,” the chosen ones of Him, of Israel who were sealed and preserved against death during the 42 months of the Great Tribulation, Rev 7:1-4.
3) “From the four winds,” (ek ton tessaron anemon) “Out of and away from the four winds,” the four parts of the world where they of the twelve tribes of God’s first elect (Israel) had been scattered, Luk 21:24.
4) “From the uttermost part of the earth,” (ap’ akrou ges) “From even the extremity of the earth,” as far away as any shall then exist, Mat 24:30-31; Psa 50:3-6; 2Th 1:6-11.
5) “To the uttermost part of heaven.” (heos akrou ouranou) “Even to the extremity of heaven,” as also described, Mat 13:41. It appears that these angelic messengers may be used both to gather His elect remnant of Israel to meet Him in Jerusalem, when He comes to the Mount of Olives in power and great glory, then again following the battle of Gog and Magog, after the millennial when Satan is loosed for a little season, out of the bottomless pit, Rev 20:7-10; 2Th 1:6-11.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(27) Then shall he send his angels.Note the absence of the trumpet, which is prominent in St. Matthew.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
Ver. 27. See Trapp on “ Mat 24:31 “
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
27. ] , from the extremity of the visible plane of the earth, shall the collecting begin: and shall proceed , to the point where the sky touches that plane on the other side.
Fuente: Henry Alford’s Greek Testament
Mar 13:27 . , etc. ( cf. expression in Mt.), from the extremity of the earth to the extremity of heaven. The earth is conceived as a flat surface, and the idea is from one end of the earth to the other, where it touches the heavens. But they touch at both ends, so that Mt.’s expression is the more accurate. Either from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth , or from one end of the heaven to, etc.
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
His elect. Referring to IsraeL See verses: Mar 13:20, Mar 13:22. Isa 10:20-22; Isa 10:11, Isa 10:11-16; Isa 27:6; Isa 65:9, Isa 65:15, Isa 65:22; Jer 31:36-40; Jer 33:17-26. Eze 36:8-15; Eze 36:24; Mar 37:21-28; Mar 39:25-29. Amo 9:11-15. Oba 1:17, Oba 1:21. Zep 3:20.
from = out of Greek. ek. App-104.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
27.] , from the extremity of the visible plane of the earth, shall the collecting begin: and shall proceed , to the point where the sky touches that plane on the other side.
Fuente: The Greek Testament
Mar 13:27. ) This is an abbreviated mode of expression, in this sense, from the uttermost part of the heaven (sky) and earth in the east, even to the uttermost part of the heaven and earth in the west. [O blessed general assembly, of which who would not desire to form a member?-V. g.]
Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament
angel
(See Scofield “Heb 1:4”)
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
shall he: Mat 13:41, Mat 13:49, Mat 24:31, Luk 16:22, Rev 7:1-3, Rev 15:6, Rev 15:7
shall gather: Gen 49:10, Mat 25:31, Mat 25:32, Joh 10:16, Joh 11:52, 1Th 4:14-17, 2Th 2:1, Rev 7:5-9
his elect: Mar 13:20, Mar 13:22, Isa 65:9, Mat 24:22, Mat 24:24, Mat 24:31, Luk 18:7, Rom 8:33, Col 3:12, 2Ti 2:10, 1Pe 1:2
from: Deu 30:4, Mat 12:42
Reciprocal: Deu 4:32 – from the one Isa 24:16 – uttermost part Eze 1:14 – General Dan 8:8 – toward Zec 14:5 – the Lord Mar 13:32 – of Luk 13:29 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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This verse denotes the day of judgment, when the heavenly reapers, the angels, would gather up the people of God from all over the world.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Mar 13:27. From the uttermost part of the earth, etc. Probably an allusion to the apparent junction of earth and sky at the visible horizon, but in any case it refers to the whole world. Matthew gives a different form, and inserts with a trumpet of great sound.
Fuente: A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Evidently Jesus will bring all the elect together. This implies the resurrection of Old Testament saints (Dan 12:2) and Tribulation saints who have died (Rev 6:9-11). Probably Christians, saints of the church age who have gone to heaven at the Rapture or death, will return with Him (1Th 4:17). Saints living on the earth when Jesus returns will also assemble to Him (cf. Matthew 25). Jesus pictured all believers converging to Him at His second coming whether alive or dead, on earth or in heaven. He will become the universal center of attention, and then He will begin reigning. Unbelievers will not experience resurrection until the end of Jesus’ millennial reign (Rev 20:7-15).