Mark 13:23

Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.)

English Translation

But you watch. "Behold, I have told you all things beforehand.

World English Bible · Public Domain

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προείρηκα

prolégō

G4302

“to predict”

Verb, Perfect, Active, Indicative, 1st person, Singular

Appears 15× in the Greek New Testament
First appears at Matthew 24:25

Full Thayer's Definition

Origin: from G4253 and G3004

TDNT: None

1. to say beforehand, to predict

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

6: words
5: distinct lemmas
Gospels: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is προείρηκα to predict G4302 — appearing just 15 times in the whole Greek New Testament.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

προείρηκα to predict G4302 occurs in 13 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse:

ὑμεῖς you G5210 ×2

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Mark 13:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

2 Peter 3:17 You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.
Isaiah 44:7–8 Who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and that shall happen, let them declare.
Mark 13:5 Jesus, answering, began to tell them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray.
Luke 21:8 He said, "Watch out that you don't get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, 'I AM,' and, 'The time is at hand.' Therefore don't follow them.
John 14:29 Now I have told you before it happens so that, when it happens, you may believe.
Matthew 7:15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
Mark 13:9 But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.
Mark 13:33 Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don't know when the time is.

Luke 21:34 "So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.
John 16:1–4 "These things have I spoken to you, so that you wouldn't be caused to stumble.

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Where the printed editions differ

1 variant

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Extra text

ἰδού

“behold”

In TRByz Not in NA28NA27TynSBLWHTreg

ἰδού (idou) 'behold' is only in traditional manuscripts (TR+Byz)

Textual data: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament (STEPBible TAGNT) · CC BY 4.0.

Commentary

Notes on Mark 13:23 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Expositor's Greek Testament

ed. W. Robertson Nicoll

Mar 13:23 . ὑμεῖς δὲ , etc., now you look out! I have told you all things beforehand; forewarned, forearmed.

The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(23) Take ye heed.—The repetition of the warning word, as in Mar_13:9, is peculiar to St. Mark.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

23. But take ye heed] Repeated and emphatic exhortation to watchfulness.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

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 Hag 2:6 with Heb 12:26; See Gill on Mat 24:29.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

The Pulpit Commentary

But take ye heed (umeiv de blepete). The "ye" is here emphatic. The disciples were around him, hanging upon his lips. But his admonition is meant for Christians everywhere, even to the end of the world.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges

23. ὑμεῖς δέ. But do ye (whatever others may do) take heed (Mar 13:5; Mar 13:9; Mar 13:33, Mar 4:24; with ἀπό, Mar 8:15, Mar 12:38).

προείρηκα ὑμῖν πάντα. The πάντα is qualified by the context, “all that is necessary for your guidance”; cf. Mar 6:30, Mar 9:23, Mar 11:24. He had not foretold the exact date for which they had asked. The verb occurs nowhere else in the Gospels.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

International Critical Commentary

23. ὑμεῖς δὲ βλέπετε—But do you be on the lookout. The effect of the insertion of the pronoun is to emphasize it. The purpose of the false prophets and Messiahs is to deceive even the elect. But they, the elect, are to take heed. They do not belong to the unprepared multitude, but have been prepared by their Master. Those who divide the prophecy into two parts, one referring to the destruction of Jerusalem, and the other to the end of the world, make the division at v. 20. But this ὑμεῖς βλέπετε is strongly against any interpretation which makes the warning refer to a time when none of the disciples to whom it was addressed were living. The warning might include others besides these, but should certainly include them.

Omit ἰδού, lo, before προείρηκα, I have told you beforehand, Tisch. Treg. WH. BL 28 one ms. Lat. Vet. Memph.

We come now to the coming of the Son of Man, with its accompanying portents, v. 24-27. It is placed after the destruction of Jerusalem, but in the same general period: in those days, after that affliction. The portents, the darkening of the sun and moon, and the falling of the stars, belong to that event, and not to the destruction of Jerusalem. This separation of the two events which might seem to belong together, means that the fall of Jerusalem is a preparation for the Advent, which cannot take place without it. It is that end of the old order which must precede the beginning of the new.

International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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Mark, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 6 words (5 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is prolégō (“to predict”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word prolégō carries the sense “to predict.” How does it shape the verse?
Matthew 24:25 shares the word «to predict» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
“you” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
Reading how Expositor's Greek Testament and Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

These translations choose different wording for 10 words in this verse.
“you” occurs 2× in this single verse.
5 distinct Greek lemmas span 6 words in this verse.