Mar 13:31 | TNotes | STEP | 13:31 Jesus personally guaranteed what he had said. My words include specifically what Jesus said in the whole discourse of Mark 13:1-37 . Mark’s readers would have understood this as guaranteeing the truth of all Jesus’ teachings known to them (Luke 1:2 ). Like the Old Testament Scriptures (see Isa 40:8 ), Jesus’ words are eternal. His teachings are more abiding than the fundamental elements of creation. The basic elements of creation will pass away (see also Ps 102:25-26 ; Isa 40:6-8 ; 51:6 ; Matt 5:18 ; Luke 16:17 ; 2 Pet 3:7 , 10 ; Rev 20:11 ), but Jesus’ words will never disappear .

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bMark 13:1-37►

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ePs 102:25-26►

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‏ Mark 13:31

13:31 ^a Jesus personally guaranteed what he had said. My words include specifically what Jesus said in the whole discourse of Mark 13:1-37 ^b. Mark’s readers would have understood this as guaranteeing the truth of all Jesus’ teachings known to them (Luke 1:2 ^c). Like the Old Testament Scriptures (see Isa 40:8 ^d), Jesus’ words are eternal. His teachings are more abiding than the fundamental elements of creation. The basic elements of creation will pass away (see also Ps 102:25-26 ^e; Isa 40:6-8 ^f; 51:6 ^g; Matt 5:18 ^h; Luke 16:17 ⁱ; 2 Pet 3:7 ^j, 10 ^k; Rev 20:11 ^l), but Jesus’ words will never disappear.