Mark 13 · Verse 25

Mark 13:25

And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
Mark 13:25, King James Version

Mark 13:25 in other translations

BSBthe stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
WEBthe stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.
ASVand the stars shall be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens shall be shaken.
YLTand the stars of the heaven shall be falling, and the powers that are in the heavens shall be shaken.
DARBYand the stars of heaven shall be falling down, and the powers which are in the heavens shall be shaken;
BBEAnd the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers which are in the heavens will be moved.
WebsterAnd the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.

What does Mark 13:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
25. And the stars of heaven shall fall--"and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth" (Lu 21:25, 26). and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken--Though the grandeur of this language carries the mind over the head of all periods but that of Christ's Second Coming, nearly every expression will be found used of the Lord's coming in terrible national judgments: as of Babylon (Is 13:9-13); of Idumea (Is 34:1, 2, 4, 8-10); of Egypt (Eze 32:7, 8); compare also Psa 18:7-15; Is 24:1, 17-19; Joe 2:10, 11, &c. We cannot therefore consider the mere strength of this language a proof that it refers exclusively or primarily to the precursors of the final day, though of course in "that day" it will have its most awful fulfilment.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 25.

(r) "the stars of heaven" Isa 13:10, 24:20,23, Jer 4:28, 2Pet 3:10,12 Rev 6:12-14, 20:11

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 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…

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Mark 13:25 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.

καὶkaiandG2532
οἱhoitheG3588
ἀστέρεςasteresstarsG792
ἔσονταιesontaiwill beG1510
ἐκekout ofG1537
τοῦtoutheG3588
οὐρανοῦouranouheavenG3772
πίπτοντες,piptontesfalling,G4098
καὶkaiandG2532
αἱhaitheG3588
δυνάμειςdunameispowersG1411
αἱhaithat [are]G3588
ἐνeninG1722
τοῖςtoistheG3588
οὐρανοῖςouranoisheavensG3772
σαλευθήσονται.saleuthēsontaiwill be shaken.’G4531

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 13:25

  • Isaiah 34:4

    And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.

  • Revelation 6:13

    And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

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Context

  • Mark 13:24

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

  • Mark 13:25

    And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.

  • Mark 13:26

    And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

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Mark 13:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y las estrellas caerán del cielo, y las virtudes que están en los cielos serán conmovidas;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et les étoiles du ciel tomberont, et les puissances qui sont dans les cieux seront ébranlées.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und die Sterne des Himmels werden herabfallen, und die Kräfte in den Himmeln werden erschüttert werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et stellæ cæli erunt decidentes, et virtutes, quæ in cælis sunt, movebuntur.