Reading for January 25th

Read Mark 13.3-37 (Mt 10.16-25; 24.4-36; Lk 21.8-36) Mark's little apocalypse.
See sidebar, "Apocalyptic."
In verse 6 I am he (Gk., "Ego eimi," literally, "I am,") are the divine words of
self-identification from Ex 3.
In verse 14 desolating sacrilege (or "abomination of desolation"), in Dan 9.27; 11.31; 12.11, refers to the sacrifice of a pig on the Temple altar by Antiochus IV Epiphanes; perhaps Mark refers to Caligula's unrealized threat of placing his statue in the Temple.
In verse 26 the heavenly Son of Man also suggests Daniel's prophecy (Dan 7.13).
In verse 30 see 9.1.
In verse 37 the disciples fail to remain awake (14.32-42).
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