Mark 13 · Verse 23

Mark 13:23

But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
Mark 13:23, King James Version

Mark 13:23 in other translations

BSBSo be on your guard; I have told you everything in advance.
WEBBut you watch. “Behold, I have told you all things beforehand.
ASVBut take ye heed: behold, I have told you all things beforehand.
YLTand ye, take heed; lo, I have foretold you all things.
DARBYBut do ye take heed: behold, I have told you all things beforehand.
BBEBut take care; see, I have made all things clear to you before the time.
WebsterBut take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.

What does Mark 13:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
23. But take ye heed; behold, I have foretold you all things--He had just told them that the seduction of the elect would prove impossible; but since this would be all but accomplished, He bids them be on their guard, as the proper means of averting that catastrophe. In Matthew (Mt 24:26-28) we have some additional particulars: "Wherefore, if they shall say unto you, Behold, He is in the desert; go not forth: behold, He is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." See on Lu 17:23, 24. "For wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together." See on Lu 17:37.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 23.

(p) "take ye heed" 2Pet 3:17

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 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…

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Mark 13:23 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ὑμεῖςhumeisYou yourselvesG4771
δὲdehoweverG1161
βλέπετε·blepetedo take heed;G991
ἰδούidoubeholdG2400
προείρηκαproeirēkaI have foretoldG4280
ὑμῖνhuminto youG4771
πάντα.¶pantaall things.G3956

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Cross references for Mark 13:23

  • 2 Peter 3:17

    Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

  • John 14:29

    And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.

  • Luke 21:8

    And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.

  • Isaiah 44:7-8

    And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

  • Mark 13:5

    And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:

  • Mark 13:9

    But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.

  • Matthew 7:15

    Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

  • John 16:1-4

    These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.

  • Luke 21:34

    And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

  • Mark 13:33

    Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
take.
5,9,33; Mt 7:15; Lu 21:8,34; 2Pe 3:17
behold.
Isa 44:7,8; Joh 14:29; 16:1-4

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Context

  • Mark 13:22

    For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

  • Mark 13:23

    But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.

  • Mark 13:24

    But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

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Mark 13:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas vosotros mirad; os lo he dicho antes todo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais vous, soyez sur vos gardes! voici, je vous ai tout dit à l’avance.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ihr aber sehet zu! Siehe, ich habe euch alles vorhergesagt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Vos ergo videte: ecce prædixi vobis omnia.