Procedural Register in the Olivet Discourse 471 does not appear as agent in any ergative clauses, and only in 4 out of a total of 23 clauses as subject of verbs of seeing, hearing, speaking or being (48). Finally, in 8 clauses (vv 14-17) the third person singular and plural subjects are clearly to be understood as subsets of “you”: “When you see the desolating sacrilege, then, let those who are in Judea….” In this final category, the subjects are commanded to flee, not to turn back to collect anything, not to go down or re-enter their houses, and a woe is pronounced on those that are pregnant or breastfeeding. Of particular note are those clauses with “you” as explicit subject, especially v. 9: blevpete de; uJmei'" eJautouv" and v. 23: uJmei'" de; blevpete. Both are particularly emphatic, the former serving to increase the immediacy and relevance of the road signs for the “you,” audience, and the latter to contrast “you,” with those who might be deceived (v. 22), and to underline further the colophon closing this section (49). In my analysis of Acts 27, I showed that ergativity is central to the author’s rhetorical strategy, as he depicts God as the ultimate Agent who drives events forward, the apparently efficacious actions of men notwithstanding (50). In Mark 13, procedural register is constructed on the basis of “when” clauses, the associated behavior expressed in imperatives, and patterns of ergativity which reveal the agency of the enemies of the disciples as the followers of Christ are to be victimized in various ways. The role assumed by Jesus in the speech is that of the (nearly) all knowing and authoritative master who knows and controls future events, and is thus able to supply concrete instructions to guide his disciples as they navigate the dangerous road ahead. The identification of Jesus’ followers with the sufferings of the master is for Mark a fundamental element of discipleship, a fact noted by most commentators. The clause breakdown I provide helps us to understand how that message is conveyed in Mark 13. In vv. 5b-23, the disciples are, similarly to the Son of man in the three passion predictions, consistently described as being in the receiving end of the actions of their enemies, as they are handed over, beaten, hated, and (48) o{tan de; ajkouvshte, tiv lalhvshte, ouj gavr ejste uJmei'" oiJ lalou'nte", ”Otan de; i[dhte . (49) See LAMBRECHT, Die Redaktion, 171; BEASLEY-MURRAY, Last Days, 420- 421; MATEOS, Marcos 13, 325. YARBRO COLLINS (Mark, 614) calls this clause in v. 23 a “summary statement”. FRANCE (The Gospel, 530) however, ignores this and concludes his discussion of v. 23 with the words: “The end has begun”. He believes v. 23 “sums up the discourse so far”, but that with vv. 24-27 “the answer to the question is now coming to its climax”. (50) MARTIN-ASENSIO, Transitivity, 71-79.