Mark 13:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! See what manner of stones - Josephus says, Ant. b. xv. chap. 11: "That these stones were white and strong, Fifty feet long, Twenty-Four broad, and Sixteen in thickness." If this account can be relied on, well might the disciples be struck with wonder at such a superb edifice, and formed by such immense stones! The principal contents of this chapter are largely explained in the notes on Matthew 24, and to these the reader is requested to refer.