{"id":24711,"date":"2022-09-24T10:43:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T15:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-mark-137-2\/"},"modified":"2022-09-24T10:43:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T15:43:11","slug":"exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-mark-137-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-mark-137-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Mark 13:7"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 align='center'><b><i> And when ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be ye not troubled: for [such things] must needs be; but the end [shall] not [be] yet. <\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span class='bible'>Mar 13:7<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>And when ye shall hear of wars.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Troublous times<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I.<\/strong><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong>We are here forewarned to expect trouble, Ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars; and it follows, such things must needs be; look for no other. Is not our life a warfare?<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. <\/strong>This points immediately at those wars which brought on the final ruin and overthrow of the Jewish church and nation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. <\/strong>It looks further, and is intended as an intimation to us all, and to all Christians, to count upon trouble in this world. When ye hear wars (so the word is), when ye hear war at home, the noise of it, for war in a country makes a noise; never more than since the invention of guns, the most noisy way of fighting; yet of old they complained of the noise of war (<span class='bible'>Nah 3:2<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Exo 32:17-18<\/span>). When we hear the rumours of wars, the reports or tidings of wars. We commonly call uncertain reports rumours, and in time of war we often hear such, but the original word signifies intelligences, that of which we hear. Doctrine: That though it be very sad, yet it is not at all strange in this world, to hear of wars and rumours of wars.<\/p>\n<p>There are three sorts of wars:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. <\/strong>Law wars among neighbours and relations, bad enough, and very common, through too much love of the world, and too little of our brother. There are few of the spirit of Abram (<span class='bible'>Gen 13:8<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. <\/strong>Book wars among scholars and Christians. Different sentiments maintained by each side with great heat, too often greater than the occasion demands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. <\/strong>Sword wars among nations and public interests: of these the text speaks. Whence is it that so much mischief should be done in the world by wars? considering<\/p>\n<p><strong>(1)<\/strong> What principles there are in the nature of man. Is there not such a thing as humanity? Man is not born for war, but naked and unarmed; not fierce, as birds and beasts of prey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(2)<\/strong> What promises there are in the Word of God. It seems hard to reconcile this text with <span class='bible'>Isa 2:4<\/span>. and with <span class='bible'>Isa 11:6<\/span>, etc. The Jews object it, Christ Himself has said otherwise (<span class='bible'>Luk 12:51<\/span>, and in the text). How shall we reconcile these two? I reply, Those promises are in part fulfilled already. Christ was born at a time of general peace. The gospel has prevailed much to the civilizing of the nations, and as far as it is received, it disposes men to peace. The primitive Christians were of a peaceable disposition. They will have a more full accomplishment in the latter days. Though contrary events come between, that word shall not fall to the ground. Yet the commonness of war in every age takes off the strangeness of it. What do we hear of at this day so much as of wars? Now this we are not to think strange. Because men are so provoking to God, and He does thus in a way of righteous judgment punish them for their sins (<span class='bible'>Isa 34:5<\/span>). War is one of Gods sore judgments, with which He corrects the people of His wrath (<span class='bible'>Eze 14:17<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Eze 14:21<\/span>). Sometimes God thus makes wicked men a scourge one to another, as Nebuchadnezzar was to the nations. Sometimes a scourge to His own people (<span class='bible'>Isa 10:6<\/span>). Because men are so provoking one to another, and they do thus give way to their own lusts (<span class='bible'>Jam 4:1-2<\/span>). No war carried on but there is certainly a great deal of sin on both sides, as <span class='bible'>2Ch 28:9<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>But as to the cause of war.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. <\/strong>Sometimes mens lusts on both sides begin the war, and where there may be a right and colour of reason on both sides, yet not such as on either to justify the taking up of arms, and while there are such follies set in great dignity (<span class='bible'>Ecc 10:6<\/span>), no marvel if we hear much of wars; punctilios of honour, inconsiderable branches of right, to which lives and countries are sacrificed by jealous princes; the mouth justly opened to denounce war, but the ear unjustly deaf to the proposals of peace.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. <\/strong>Where the war on the one side is just and necessary, it is mens lusts on the other side that make it so. And if we see it, we need not marvel at the matter. Here is the original of war and bloodshed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(1)<\/strong> Mens pride and ambition sometimes make a war just and necessary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(2)<\/strong> Mens covetousness and injustice sometimes make a war just and necessary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(3)<\/strong> Mens treachery sometimes makes war. No marvel we hear of wars, when all men are liars, and no confidence is to be put in them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(4)<\/strong> Oppression and persecution sometimes make war just.<\/p>\n<p><strong>II. <\/strong>We are here forearmed against the trouble we are bid to expect. When you are yourselves disturbed with the alarms of war, be not troubled, <em>i.e., <\/em>be not inordinately dejected and cast down, be not terrified, whatever happens; keep trouble from your heart (<span class='bible'>Joh 14:1<\/span>) if war come to your door. It is both for caution and comfort. You need not be troubled, therefore give not way to it. Doctrine: That the faithful disciples of Jesus Christ ought not to be inordinately troubled, when there are wars and rumours of wars.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. <\/strong>As for others, they have reason to be troubled. Those that are not the disciples of Jesus Christ, and are not interested in His merit and grace, have cause for trouble when Gods judgments are abroad (see <span class='bible'>Isa 33:14<\/span>). Terrors belong to them, and as for comforts, they have no part nor lot in the matter (see <span class='bible'>Luk 21:25-26<\/span>). Those that have the most cause to be troubled commonly put trouble furthest from them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. <\/strong>There is cause for the disciples of Christ themselves, upon some accounts, and in some degree, to be troubled. Christ would not have His followers to be without feeling. God calls to mourning at such a time. This is a doctrine that needs explication and limitation. When you hear of wars be ye troubled after a godly sort. There is a three-fold trouble commendable:<\/p>\n<p><strong>(1)<\/strong> Sympathy with the sufferers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(2)<\/strong> Sorrow for sin. It is sin that makes all the mischief. Mourn for the sin that is the cause of the war, and the sin that is the effect of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(3)<\/strong> Solicitude for the ark of God. For this our hearts should tremble, lest religion in its various interests suffer damage. The desolations of the sanctuary should trouble us more than the desolations of the earth: this is a holy fear.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. <\/strong>Christians ought not to be inordinately troubled. When ye hear this, be not troubled, <em>i.e.,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>(1)<\/strong> Be not disquieted, but make the best of it. It is not our wisdom to aggravate to ourselves the causes of trouble, nor to make them worse than they are.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(2)<\/strong> Be not affrighted, but hope the best from it. When we hear the rumours of war, we must not be of doubtful mind; not as Ahaz (<span class='bible'>Isa 7:2<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Isa 8:11-12<\/span>). We must not give up all for lost upon every disaster and disappointment. Courage is an excellent virtue in time of war, and needful at home as well as abroad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(3)<\/strong> Be not amazed, but prepare for worse after it. There seems to be this also intended in the caution; compare <span class='bible'>Mar 5:8<\/span>, These are the beginnings of sorrows. Weep not for this, but get ready for the next (<span class='bible'>Luk 23:28-29<\/span><em>.<\/em>)<em> <\/em>Faint not in these lesser conflicts, for then what will you do when greater come (see <span class='bible'>Jer 12:5<\/span>). Several considerations will be of use to keep trouble from the heart of good Christians, when we hear of wars.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(a) <\/strong>The righteous God sits in the throne judging right, therefore be not troubled. God is King of nations, and presides in the affairs of nations. Men talk of the fortune of war, but it is not a blind fortune; the issue is determined by a wise God.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(b) <\/strong>The church is built upon a rock, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it, therefore be not troubled.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(c) <\/strong>Christ is His peoples peace, therefore be not troubled. The remnant of those that fear God, find rest in Christ, even in troublous times (see <span class='bible'>Mic 5:5<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Joh 16:33<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>(d) <\/strong>The name of the Lord is a strong tower, therefore be not troubled. Into this citadel the vanquished may retire and find shelter, and a refuge that they cannot be beaten out of (<span class='bible'>Pro 18:10<\/span>). This is a stronghold, inaccessible, insuperable, and which cannot be taken. The power and providence of God are fortifications which cannot be scaled, nor battered, nor undermined. What need good people fear? (<span class='bible'>Psa 46:1-2<\/span>) They have always a God to whom they may go.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(e) <\/strong>Men are Gods hand, therefore be not troubled. God is doing their own work by them all this while, and they are accomplishing His purpose, though they mean not so (<span class='bible'>Isa 10:5<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Isa 10:7<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Isa 10:15<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Psa 17:13-14<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>(f) <\/strong>There will come a reckoning day, when all these things shall be reviewed; therefore be not troubled. Behold, the Judge standeth before the door and the mighty men shall shortly stand at His bar (<span class='bible'>Isa 26:21<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Rev 6:10<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>(g) <\/strong>The wars of the nations perhaps may end in the peace of the church. God can bring light out of darkness and meat out of the eater.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(h) <\/strong>However, we are sure in heaven there are no wars nor rumours of wars, therefore be not troubled. All will be well there. To conclude:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. <\/strong>Let us thankfully own Gods great goodness to us in this nation-that we have peace at home, a happy government, peaceable habitations, a defence on our glory (<span class='bible'>Isa 33:20<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. <\/strong>Let us not complain of the inconveniences that attend our being interested in the present war; the expense of it, or the abridging and exposing of our trade and property.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. <\/strong>Let rumours of wars drive us to our knees. Pray, pray, and do not prophesy. Spread the matter before God, and you may greatly help the cause by your supplications.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. <\/strong>Patiently wait the issue with a humble submission to the will of God. Do not limit Him, nor prescribe to Him. Let Him do His own work in His own way and time. (<em>Matthew Henry.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>The sorrow of war<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The conqueror of Bonaparte at Waterloo wrote, on the day after the 19th of June, to the Duke of Beaufort:-The losses we have sustained have quite broken me down, and I have no feeling for the advantages we have acquired. On the same day, too, he wrote to Lord Aberdeen:-I cannot express to you the regret and sorrow with which I look round me and contemplate the loss which I have sustained, particularly in your brother. The glory resulting from such actions, so dearly bought, is no consolation to me, and I cannot suggest it as any to you and his friends; but I hope that it may be expected that this last one has been so decisive as that no doubt remains that our exertions and our individual losses will be rewarded by the early attainment of our just object. It is then that the glory of the actions in which our friends and relations have fallen will be some consolation for their loss. He who could write thus had already attained a greater victory than that of Waterloo; and the less naturally follows the greater. (<em>Julius C. Hare.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P>Matthew adds <I>pestilences.<\/I> Luke saith, <I>pestilences, and fearful sights and great signs from heaven.<\/I> See Poole on &#8220;<span class='bible'>Mat 24:6<\/span>&#8220;, and following verses to <span class='bible'>Mat 24:8<\/span>. Here are two or three more signs put together: <\/P> <P STYLE=\"margin-left: 0.85em;text-indent: -0.85em\"> 1. <I>Wars, and rumours of wars; <\/I>great commotions in nations, which though they may be at other times, yet probably may be more extraordinary before the day of judgment. <\/P> <P STYLE=\"margin-left: 0.85em;text-indent: -0.85em\"> 2. <I>Famines, pestilences, <\/I>and <I>earthquakes.<\/I> <\/P> <P STYLE=\"margin-left: 0.85em;text-indent: -0.85em\"> 3. <I>Fearful sights, <\/I>and apparitions in the air and the heavens. Such there were (as Josephus tells us) before the destruction of Jerusalem; and though these things be seen before the last day, yet it is most probable they will be greater before the day of judgment than at any time before; and for <I>fearful sights, and great signs<\/I> <I>from heaven, <\/I>they ordinarily go before some great judgment of God upon places, and therefore the observation of them by the heathen (as we learn by Livy and others) seems but to be a piece of natural religion; and Christ giving these things as signs of the approaching ruin, first of Jerusalem, then of the world, will make thinking Christians behold them with a religious fear, though not to undertake to expound them particularly or prophesy upon them. <\/P> <P>Certainly we ought to look upon them as prognosticating some great work of God, and usually of judgment upon sinners. <\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P><B>7. And when ye shall hear of warsand rumours of wars, be ye not troubled<\/B>(See on <span class='bible'>Mr13:13<\/span>, and compare <span class='bible'>Isa8:11-14<\/span>). <\/P><P>       <B>for such things must needsbe; but the end shall not be yet<\/B>In Luke (<span class='bible'>Lu21:9<\/span>), &#8220;the end is not by and by,&#8221; or &#8220;immediately.&#8221;Worse must come before all is over.<\/P><\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown&#8217;s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible <\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong>And when ye shall hear of wars, and rumours of wars<\/strong>,&#8230;. Among the Jews themselves, and with the Romans:<\/p>\n<p><strong>be not troubled<\/strong>; keep your place, abide by your work, go on preaching the Gospel, without distressing yourselves about the event of things:<\/p>\n<p><strong>for [such things] must needs be<\/strong>: being decreed by God, foretold by Christ, and made necessary by the sins of the people:<\/p>\n<p><strong>but the end shall not be yet<\/strong>; of the temple, of Jerusalem, and of the Jewish state and nation; <span class='bible'>[See comments on Mt 24:6]<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Gill&#8217;s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P> <B>Must needs come to pass <\/B> (<span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\"> <\/SPAN><\/span>). Already there were outbreaks against the Jews in Alexandria, at Seleucia with the slaughter of more than fifty thousand, at Jamnia, and elsewhere. Caligula, Claudius, Nero will threaten war before it finally comes with the destruction of the city and temple by Titus in A.D. 70. Vincent notes that between this prophecy by Jesus in A.D. 30 (or 29) and the destruction of Jerusalem there was an earthquake in Crete (A.D. 46 or 47), at Rome (A.D. 51), at Apamaia in Phrygia (A.D. 60), at Campania (A.D. 63). He notes also four famines during the reign of Claudius A.D. 41-54. One of them was in Judea in A.D. 44 and is alluded to in <span class='bible'>Ac 11:28<\/span>. Tacitus (<I>Annals<\/I> xvi. 10-13) describes the hurricanes and storms in Campania in A.D. 65. <\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Robertson&#8217;s Word Pictures in the New Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P>Rumors of wars. Wyc., opinions of battles. Such as would be a cause of terror to the Hebrew Christians; as the three threats of war against the Jews by Caligula, Claudius, and Nero. There were serious disturbances at Alexandria, A. D. 38, in which the Jews were the especial objects of persecution; at Seleucia about the same time, in which more than fifty thousand Jews were killed; and at Jamnia, near Joppa. <\/P> <P>Troubled [<span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\">] <\/SPAN><\/span>. Qroew is, literally, to cry aloud. <\/P> <P>Earthquakes. Between the prophecy and the destruction of Jerusalem (A. D. 70) occurred : A great earthquake in Crete, A. D. 46 or 47 at Rome, on the day on which Nero entered his majority, A. D 51 at Apameia, in Phrygia, A. D. 53; &#8220;on account of which,&#8221; says Tacitus, &#8220;they were exempted from tribute for five years :&#8221; at Laodicea, in Phrygia, A. D 60 in Campania, A. D. 63, by which, according to Tacitus, the city of Pompeii was largely destroyed. <\/P> <P>Famines. During the reign of Claudius, A. D. 41 &#8211; 54, four famines are recorded : One at Rome, A. D. 41, 42; one in Judaea, A. D. 44; one in Greece, A. D. 50; and again at Rome, A. D. 52, when the people rose in rebellion and threatened the life of the emperor. Tacitus says that it was accompanied by frequent earthquakes, which levelled houses. The famine in Judaea was probably the one prophesied by Agabus, <span class='bible'>Act 11:28<\/span>. Of the year 65 A. D., Tacitus says : &#8220;This year, disgraced by so many deeds of horror, was further distinguished by the gods with storms and sicknesses. Campania was devastated by a hurricane which overthrew buildings, trees, and the fruits of the soil in every direction, even to the gates of the city, within which a pestilence thinned all ranks of the population, with no atmospheric disturbance that the eye could trace. The houses were choked with dead, the roads with funerals : neither sex nor age escaped. Slaves and freemen perished equally amid the wailings of their wives and children, who were often hurried to the pyre by which they had sat in tears, and consumed together with them. The deaths of knights and senators, promiscuous as they were, deserved the less to be lamented, inasmuch as, falling by the common lot of mortality, they seemed to anticipate the prince &#8216;s cruelty&#8221; (&#8221; Annals, &#8221; 16, 10 &#8211; 13).<\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Vincent&#8217;s Word Studies in the New Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) <strong>&#8220;And when ye shall hear of wars,&#8221; <\/strong>(hotan de akousete polemous) &#8220;Then when you all hear of wars,&#8221; for they will come, even out of man&#8217;s fallen nature and covetous, selfish desire to have preeminence in everything, <span class='bible'>Jas 4:1-2<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Mat 24:6-7<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>2) <strong>&#8220;And rumors of wars,&#8221;<\/strong> (kai akoas polemon) &#8220;And war-rumors,&#8221; <span class='bible'>Luk 21:9<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Rev 6:2-4<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>3) <strong>&#8220;Be ye not troubled:&#8221;<\/strong> (me throeisthei &#8220;Do not be disturbed,&#8221; frustrated, scared, or terrified, <span class='bible'>Luk 21:9<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>4)<strong> &#8220;For such things must needs be;&#8221;<\/strong> (dei genesthai) &#8220;It is necessary that these things are to occur;&#8221; <span class='bible'>Mar 13:7-8<\/span> describe the age, not the end itself, but characteristics that indicate that the end is near.<\/p>\n<p>5) <strong>&#8220;But the end shall not be yet.&#8221; <\/strong>(all&#8217; oupo to telos) &#8220;But the end (the consummation) of all things is not yet,&#8221; not present when these things presage or go before, <span class='bible'>Mat 24:6<\/span>. These things precede the tribulation the great and abomination of desolation, <span class='bible'>Dan 9:27<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Mat 24:15<\/span>. The antichrist must first appear, and second, be manifest, as to his identity, before the coming of Christ. <span class='bible'>Dan 9:26-27<\/span>; <span class='bible'>2Th 2:1-12<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The appearance of this antichrist personage is to be at least 42 months before the revelation of his true nature, who he is, which occurs when he ascends the temple of God, declaring that he himself is God, and requires worship as God, or &#8220;a god,&#8221; as set-forth in the passages above.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>(7) <strong>For such things<\/strong> <strong>must needs be.<\/strong>Better, <em>for it must needs be.<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Ellicott&#8217;s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> <strong> 7<\/strong>. <strong> <\/strong> <em> Wars and rumours of wars <\/em> The SECOND SIGN, of wars and warlike rumours, was abundantly fulfilled. At our Lord&rsquo;s birth the temple of Janus was closed for the second time in history, in token of universal peace. From his death to the destruction of Jerusalem the Jewish people knew little of perfect and peaceful repose. It is not necessary to detail the long train of turbulences during the interval of forty years. But that Jerusalem was in constant terror from threatened or actual war, for a protracted period before her downfall, will abundantly appear from the history of the times.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Whedon&#8217;s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong><em><span class='bible'>Mar 13:7<\/span><\/em><\/strong><strong>. <\/strong><strong><em>Such things must needs be;<\/em><\/strong><strong><\/strong> &#8220;That is, not by any necessity imposed of God, but from the wickedness of the world.&#8221; <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> 6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am <em> Christ<\/em> ; and shall deceive many.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> 7 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for <em> such things<\/em> must needs be; but the end <em> shall<\/em> not <em> be<\/em> yet. <strong> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Ver. 7. <strong> The end shall not be yet<\/strong> ] Neither of the world, nor of the temple. <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Trapp&#8217;s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> <span class='bible'>Mar 13:7<\/span>  : first pseudo-Messiahs preaching national independence; then, naturally, as a second  , <em> wars<\/em> , actual or threatened (   .).   : good counsel, cheerful in tone, laconic in expression = be not scared; they must happen; but the end not yet. The disconnected style, no  after  ( [120] [121] ), suits the emotional prophetic mood.   , the crisis of Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p style='margin-left:3em'> [120] Codex Sinaiticus (sc. iv.), now at St. Petersburg, published in facsimile type by its discoverer, Tischendorf, in 1862.<\/p>\n<p style='margin-left:3em'> [121] Codex Vaticanus (sc. iv.), published in photographic facsimile in 1889 under the care of the Abbate Cozza-Luzi.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>not. Greek. me. App-105. Not the same word as in verses: Mar 13:2, Mar 13:11, Mar 13:14, Mar 2:19, Mar 2:24, Mar 2:30, Mar 2:31, Mar 2:33, Mar 2:35. <\/p>\n<p>be = come to pass. <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>when: Psa 27:3, Psa 46:1-3, Psa 112:7, Pro 3:25, Isa 8:12, Jer 4:19-21, Jer 51:46, Mat 24:6, Mat 24:7, Luk 21:9-11, Joh 14:1, Joh 14:27 <\/p>\n<p>must: 2Sa 14:14, Mat 18:7, Act 17:3 <\/p>\n<p>Reciprocal: Dan 9:26 &#8211; and the end Oba 1:1 &#8211; We 2Th 2:2 &#8211; shaken<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>7<\/p>\n<p>These wars were the conflicts going on in the northern parts of Palestine and Syria between the Romans and Jews and other people.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>     And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars,  be ye not troubled:  for such things must needs be;  but the end shall not be yet. <\/p>\n<p>     [Be not troubled.]  Think here,  how the traditions of the scribes affrighted the nation with the report of Gog and Magog,  immediately to go before the coming of the Messiah:  &#8212;  <\/p>\n<p>      &#8220;R. Eliezer Ben Abina saith,  When you see the kingdoms disturbing one another,  then expect the footsteps of the Messiah.  And know that this is true from hence,  that so it was in the days of Abraham;  for kingdoms disturbed one another,  and then came redemption to Abraham.&#8221;  And elsewhere;  &#8220;So they came against Abraham,  and so they shall come with Gog and Magog.&#8221;  And again,  &#8220;The Rabbins deliver.  In the first year of that week [of years]  that the Son of David is to come,  shall that be fulfilled,  &#8216;I will rain upon one city,  but I will not rain upon another,&#8217;  Amo 4:7.  The second year,  the arrows of famine shall be sent forth.  The third,  the famine shall be grievous,  and men and women and children,  holy men,  and men of good works,  shall die.  And there shall be a forgetfulness of the law among those that learn it.  The fourth year,  fulness,  and not fulness.  The fifth year,  great fulness;  for they shall eat and drink and rejoice,  and the law shall return to its scholars.  The sixth year,  voices.  (The Gloss is,  &#8216;A fame shall be spread,  that the Son of David comes,&#8217;  or,  &#8216;they shall sound with a trumpet.&#8217;) The seventh year,  wars;  and in the going out of that seventh year the Son of David shall come.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Lightfoot Commentary Gospels<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Wars, rumors of wars, earthquakes, and famines will precede Jesus&rsquo; return, but they are not signs of the end of the age. There will be many of these things before the end comes. The messianic kingdom will appear in history similar to an infant who emerges from a very painful birth experience (cf. Isa 66:8; Jer 22:23; Hos 13:13; Mic 4:9-10). Jesus compared wars, rumors of war, earthquakes, and famines to the beginning of these pains. These phenomena show that the kingdom is coming, but they do not enable observers to date its arrival precisely. They are part of God&rsquo;s program for the present age that includes judgment as well as salvation. They do not necessarily indicate that the Tribulation has begun. However these things will also mark the first part of the Tribulation (cf. Revelation 6). Mar 13:5-8 probably describe conditions before and during the first half of the Tribulation, and Mar 13:9-23 describe conditions during the second half.<span style=\"color:#808080\"> [Note: Cf. Bailey, p. 91.] <\/span><\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And when ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be ye not troubled: for [such things] must needs be; but the end [shall] not [be] yet. Mar 13:7 And when ye shall hear of wars. Troublous times I. 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