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Mark 13:26

Mark 13:26

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

And then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory. St. Matthew () introduces here the words, "And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven."

Many of the Fathers, as St. Chrysostom, Jerome, Bede, and others, think that this sign will be the cross. Josephus (5.3) says that shortly before the destruction of Jerusalem, a portent like a sword, glittering as a star, appeared in the heavens.

But surely the sign of the Son of man at the end of the world will be the Son of man himself coming in clouds. The clouds, covering the troubled heaven and now illuminated by the brightness of his coming, will constitute "the sublime drapery of his presence" (Dr.

Morison).

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