Mark 13:31

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ παρελεύσονται: οἱ δὲ λόγοι μου οὐ μὴ παρέλθωσιν.

Transliteration

The ouranos and the gē pareleusontai: the de logoi of-me ou mē parelthōsin.

Grammar Details

• *ouranos*: nominative, masculine, singular - heaven/sky
• *gē*: nominative, feminine, singular - earth/land
• *pareleusontai*: future, indicative, middle, 3rd plural - will pass away
• *de*: conjunction, adversative/continuative - but/and/now
• *logoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - words/sayings
• *ou mē*: strong double negative - by no means/certainly not
• *parelthōsin*: aorist, subjunctive, active, 3rd plural - might pass away

Word Meanings

• *ouranos*: heaven/sky/firmament
• *gē*: earth/land/ground
• *pareleusontai*: will pass away/disappear/perish
• *logoi*: words/sayings/messages
• *parelthōsin*: might pass away/disappear/perish

Referenced Verses

• Matt 5:18 : 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished.
• Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
• Luke 21:33 : 33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
• Isa 40:8 : 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever.
• Isa 51:6 : 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
• Zech 1:6 : 6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? and they turned and said, Like as Jehovah of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
• Num 23:19 : 19 God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?
• Josh 23:14-15 : 14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which Jehovah your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, not one thing hath failed thereof. 15 And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon you of which Jehovah your God spake unto you, so will Jehovah bring upon you all the evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.
• Ps 19:7 : 7 The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul: The testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple.
• Ps 102:25-27 : 25 Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: 27 But thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end.
• 2 Tim 2:13 : 13 if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he {G1410} cannot deny himself.
• Titus 1:2 : 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;
• Heb 1:10-12 : 10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands: 11 They shall perish; but thou continuest: And they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 12 And as a mantle shalt thou roll them up, As a garment, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, And thy years shall not fail.
• 2 Pet 3:10-12 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; {G1722} {G3571} in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein {G846} shall be burned up. 11 Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in [all] holy living and godliness, 12 looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
• Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.