22 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
22 For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform signs and wonders, to lead astray, if possible, the elect.
22 Fake Messiahs and lying preachers are going to pop up everywhere. Their impressive credentials and dazzling performances will pull the wool over the eyes of even those who ought to know better.
22 For false christs and false prophets will rise and show signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
22 For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God's chosen ones.
27 And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.
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 And then he will send out the angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.
27 He'll dispatch the angels; they will pull in the chosen from the four winds, from pole to pole.
27 And then He will send His angels, and gather together His elect from the four winds, from the farthest part of earth to the farthest part of heaven.
27 And he will send out his angels to gather his chosen ones from all over the world -from the farthest ends of the earth and heaven.
(Read Mark 13:24-27)
The disciples had confounded the destruction of Jerusalem and the end of the world. This mistake Christ set right, and showed that the day of Christ's coming, and the day of judgment, shall be after that tribulation. Here he foretells the final dissolution of the present frame and fabric of the world. Also, the visible appearance of the Lord Jesus coming in the clouds, and the gathering together of all the elect to him.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Mark 13:22
Commentary on Mark 13:14-23
(Read Mark 13:14-23)
The Jews in rebelling against the Romans, and in persecuting the Christians, hastened their own ruin apace. Here we have a prediction of that ruin which came upon them within less than forty years after this. Such destruction and desolation, that the like cannot be found in any history. Promises of power to persevere, and cautions against falling away, well agree with each other. But the more we consider these things, the more we shall see abundant cause to flee without delay for refuge to Christ, and to renounce every earthly object, for the salvation of our souls.