SEV Biblia, Chapter 13:1
¶ Y saliendo del Templo, le dice uno de sus discípulos: Maestro, mira qu piedras, y qu edificios.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Mark 13:1
Verse 1. See what manner of stones] Josephus says, ANT. b. xv. chap. 11: "That these stones were white and strong, FIFTY feet long, TWENTY-FOUR broad, and SIXTEEN in thickness." If this account can be relied on, well might the disciples be struck with wonder at such a superb edifice, and formed by such immense stones! The principal contents of this chapter are largely explained in the notes on Matt. xxiv. , and to these the reader is requested to refer.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 1. And as he went out of the temple , etc..] The Ethiopic version reads, as they went out; Christ and his disciples: for when Christ went out of the temple, the disciples went out with him; or at least very quickly followed him, and came to him, as appears from what follows; though the true reading is, as he went out: and the Syriac and Persic versions are more express, and read, as Jesus went out: for having done all he intended to do there, he left it, never more to return to it: one of his disciples : it may be Peter, who was generally pretty forward, and commonly the mouth of the rest, as this disciple was, whoever he was: the Persic version reads, the disciples; and Matthew and Luke represent them in general, as observing to Christ, the beauty and grandeur of the temple, as this disciple did: who saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings [are here] . The temple, as repaired by Herod, was a very beautiful building, according to the account the Jews give of it, and its stones were of a very great magnitude; (see Gill on Matthew 24:1).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-4 - See how little Christ values outward pomp, where there is not rea purity of heart. He looks with pity upon the ruin of precious souls and weeps over them, but we do not find him look with pity upon the ruin of a fine house. Let us then be reminded how needful it is for u to have a more lasting abode in heaven, and to be prepared for it by the influences of the Holy Spirit, sought in the earnest use of all the means of grace.
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ εκπορευομενου 1607 5740 V-PNP-GSM αυτου 846 P-GSM εκ 1537 PREP του 3588 T-GSN ιερου 2411 N-GSN λεγει 3004 5719 V-PAI-3S αυτω 846 P-DSM εις 1520 A-NSM των 3588 T-GPM μαθητων 3101 N-GPM αυτου 846 P-GSM διδασκαλε 1320 N-VSM ιδε 1492 5657 V-AAM-2S ποταποι 4217 A-NPM λιθοι 3037 N-NPM και 2532 CONJ ποταπαι 4217 A-NPF οικοδομαι 3619 N-NPF
Vincent's NT Word Studies
1. Stones. The spring-stones of the arches of the bridge which spanned the valley of Tyropoeon (the cheese-makers), and connected the ancient city of David with the royal porch of the temple, measured twenty-four feet in length by six in thickness. Yet these were by no means the largest in the masonry of the temple. Both at the southeastern and southwestern angles stones have been found measuring from twenty to forty feet long, and weighing above one hundred tons (Edersheim, "Temple").
Robertson's NT Word Studies
13:1 {Master, behold, what manner of stones and what manner of buildings} (didaskale, ide potapoi liqoi kai potapai oikodomai). #Mt 24:1 and #Lu 21:5 tell of the fact of the comment, but Mark alone gives the precise words. Perhaps Peter himself (Swete) was the one who sought thus by a pleasant platitude to divert the Teacher's attention from the serious topics of recent hours in the temple. It was not a new observation, but the merest commonplace might serve at this crisis. Josephus (_Ant_. xv. II, 3) speaks of the great size of these stones and the beauty of the buildings. Some of these stones at the southeastern and southwestern angles survive today and measure from twenty to forty feet long and weigh a hundred tons. Jesus had, of course, often observed them.
