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Mark 13:25

New Testament Gospel ASV (1901)

What does Mark 13:25 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and the stars shall be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens shall be shaken.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and the stars shall be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens shall be shaken.
Mark 13:25 — American Standard Version

Context — Mark 13

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
22for there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, the elect.
23But take ye heed: behold, I have told you all things beforehand.
24But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
25and the stars shall be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens shall be shaken.
26And then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
27And then shall he send forth the angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
28Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh;
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And the stars of heaven shall fall, etc..] The Jewish Rabbins and doctors, who fell off from the written word, and compiled their “Misna”, or oral law, their book of traditions, and set it up above the Bible, the foundation of which was laid immediately upon their dispersion. And the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken; the ordinances of the legal dispensation, which were shaken before, but now so shaken as to be removed; compare (<370206>Haggai 2:6) with (<581226>Hebrews 12:26,27); (see Gill on “<402429>Matthew 24:29”).”
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