Kata Markon

["Professor L.W. Hurtado" <hurtadol AT div.ed.ac.uk>]

It is worth noting that the "ta panta" of Mark 13:30 probably relates 
back to the initial ref to "ta panta" in 13:4, which refers to the 
destruction of the temple, alluded to again in 13:29 "tauta".  
Moreover, *the* fig tree of 13:28 is likely the Markan fig tree of 
11:13-14, which is in Mark sandwiched with the incident in the 
temple in chap. 11. 
So, 13:30 may mean that "all things" involving the destruction of 
the temple will happen "in this generation".  The return of the Son 
of Man is placed after "these things" (13:29) and after the 
tribulation of the temple's destruction (13:24).
Larry Hurtado

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