| Mark's Wording in Passage | Timing Implication | Matthew's wording | Luke's Wording | Observation | Conclusion |
| time is fulfilled; KoG has come near | But Return/End is still future? | KoH has come near | [no parallel to this first preaching of Jesus, but 'KoG is near' phrase is in the Sending of the 70 (Lk 10). "Fulfilled" motif is only closest in the Jubilee-is-fulfilled passage in Lk 4.] | MR and MT both have K-has-come-near, but only MR uses the 'fulfilled' word. | No evidence of WD |
| stand before governors and kings; gospel to all nations | Long-time | gov/kings; No end until gospel preached everywhere | stand before gov/kings | MT makes MR's 'to all nations first' explicit (no end until…); but LK drops the 'open ending'--could have used this, if WD was intended | No evidence of WD |
| wherever gospel preached in the whole world | Long-time | wherever gospel preached in the whole world | wherever gospel preached in the whole world | This passage must have been written down in ANTICIPATION of a world-wide proclamation of the gospel, to obey the Master! | No evidence of WD |
| you don’t know when the master will come; evening/midnight/cockcrow or dawn | No signs before Return | do not know on what day your Lord is coming… for you know neither the day nor hour | If he comes during the middle of the night, or near dawn… | MT doesn’t have the night reference (is closer to Jesus' statement), but LK does | No evidence of WD |
| great signs/False messiahs | Signs before Return | great signs/False messiahs | (cf looking for the Son of Man,? Lk 17.22ff)? | No clear WD-ing (from MR to MT), and LK and MT share the 'false Son of Man appearance' passage | |
| when you see these things, know he is near | Signs before Return | when you see these things, know he is near | when you see these things, know the KoG is near | MT=MR, LK changes 'he' to 'KoG', but KoG is still eschat in this passage (like in the 'some thought the KoG was to appear immediately' passage). | No evidence of WD |
| end is still to come, but the beginning of birth pangs | Signs do not mean immediately--only a start | end is not yet, but the beginning of birth pangs | end is not yet, many will say 'end is near', but not happen immediately | No real change, but LK adds 'time is near' to claims of false messiahs, and drops the birth pangs image (replaced by 'not immediately'). Lk adds 'insurrections' to the list, suggest the Messianic claimants issue is in his mind--perhaps explaining the 'time is near' remark). | No evidence of WD |
| after that suffering, astral dims, then see SoM coming in clouds | Signs/suffering before Return | immediately after the suffering; astral dims, then SoM appears | astral signs, after distress/fainting, then they will see SoM coming in a cloud; when they begin to take place, then your redemption is drawing near | LK is closer to MR wording than is MT; redemption for LK is eschatological. | No evidence of WD |
| this generation not pass till all takes place; no one knows the hour! | UNK/ThisGen | this generation not pass till all takes place, no one knows the hour | this generation not pass till all takes place | LK drops the 'Son does not know the time' (although he has 'no one knows' in other passages). If there was a 'delay issue' this early, this would have been a PERFECT place to leave the remark in, and perhaps amplify it (as some assert that he did with the 'some thought' passage). | No evidence of WD |
| when, then flee; variable (pray); sake of elect days will be cut short | UNK/Variable | when, then flee; variable (pray); sake of elect days will be cut short | when/then flee; trampled by Gentiles until the time of the Gentiles are fulfilled | MT=MR; LK adds TIME OF GENTILES (from Is 2.2f/Mic 4.1f, and Paul, Rom 11.25) and wrath against THIS PEOPLE; drops 'cut short for elect' terminology. | Unclear. Luke's 'until times of Gentiles' may relate to the 'days cut short' of MT/MR, or to the 'gospel to all nations' present in MR/MT already. So, there is no clear WD moves in here. |