Mark 13 · Verse 26

Mark 13:26

And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
Mark 13:26, King James Version

Mark 13:26 in other translations

BSBAt that time they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
WEBThen they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
ASVAnd then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
YLT‘And then they shall see the Son of Man coming in clouds with much power and glory,
DARBYand then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory;
BBEAnd then they will see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
WebsterAnd then they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

What does Mark 13:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
26. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory--In Mt 24:30, this is given most fully: "And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man," &c. That this language finds its highest interpretation in the Second Personal Coming of Christ, is most certain. But the question is, whether that be the primary sense of it as it stands here? Now if the reader will turn to Da 7:13, 14, and connect with it the preceding verses, he will find, we think, the true key to our Lord's meaning here. There the powers that oppressed the Church--symbolized by rapacious wild beasts--are summoned to the bar of the Great God, who as the Ancient of days seats Himself, with His assessors, on a burning Throne: thousand thousands ministering to Him, and ten thousand times ten thousand standing before Him. "The judgment is set, and the books are opened." Who that is guided by the mere words would doubt that this is a description of the Final Judgment? And yet nothing is clearer than that it is not, but a description of a vast temporal judgment, upon organized bodies of men, for their incurable hostility to the kingdom of God upon earth. Well, after the doom of these has been pronounced and executed, and room thus prepared for the unobstructed development of the kingdom of God over the earth, what follows? "I saw in the night visions, and behold, one like THE Son of Man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they [the angelic attendants] brought Him near before Him." For what purpose? To receive investiture in the kingdom, which, as Messiah, of right belonged to Him. Accordingly, it is added, "And there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him: His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed." Comparing this with our Lord's words, He seems to us, by "the Son of man [on which phrase, see on Joh 1:51] coming in the clouds with great power and glory," to mean, that when judicial vengeance shall once have been executed upon Jerusalem, and the ground thus cleared for the unobstructed establishment of His own kingdom, His true regal claims and rights would be visibly and gloriously asserted and manifested. See on Lu 9:28 (with its parallels in Mt 17:1; Mr 9:2), in which nearly the same language is employed, and where it can hardly be understood of anything else than the full and free establishment of the kingdom of Christ on the destruction of Jerusalem. But what is that "sign of the Son of man in heaven?" Interpreters are not agreed. But as before Christ came to destroy Jerusalem some appalling portents were seen in the air, so before His Personal appearing it is likely that something analogous will be witnessed, though of what nature it would be vain to conjecture.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 26.

(s) "and then" Dan 7:9-14, Mt 16:27, 24:30, Mk 14:62, Acts 1:11, 1Thes 4:16 2Thes 1:7,10, Rev 1:7

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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 13:26 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
τότεtotethenG5119
ὄψονταιopsontaiwill they beholdG3700
τὸνtontheG3588
υἱὸνhuionSonG5207
τοῦtou<the>G3588
ἀνθρώπουanthrōpouof ManG444
ἐρχόμενονerchomenoncomingG2064
ἐνeninG1722
νεφέλαιςnephelais[the] cloudsG3507
μετὰmetawithG3326
δυνάμεωςdunameōspowerG1411
πολλῆςpollēsgreatG4183
καὶkaiandG2532
δόξης.doxēsglory.G1391

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Cross references for Mark 13:26

  • Revelation 1:7

    Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

  • Mark 14:62

    And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

  • Matthew 24:30

    And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

  • Matthew 16:27

    For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

  • Matthew 25:31

    When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

  • Daniel 7:9-14

    I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. …

  • Mark 8:38

    Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

  • Acts 1:11

    Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10

    And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:16

    For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

  • Matthew 16:17

    And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar–jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
8:38; 14:62; Da 7:9-14; Mt 16:17,27; 24:30; 25:31; Ac 1:11; 1Th 4:16
2Th 1:7-10; Re 1:7

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Context

  • 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.

  • Mark 13:27

    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.

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Mark 13:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y entonces verán al Hijo del hombre, que vendrá en las nubes con mucha potestad y gloria.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et alors ils verront le fils de l’homme venant sur les nuées avec une grande puissance et avec gloire:
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und dann werden sie den Sohn des Menschen kommen sehen in Wolken mit großer Macht und Herrlichkeit.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et tunc videbunt Filium hominis venientem in nubibus cum virtute multa et gloria.