“Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?”
Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are all about to be fulfilled? — the disciples' two-part question conflates two distinct events that Jesus will partially separate in the discourse: when will the temple be destroyed, and what will be the sign of all these things being fulfilled? The conflation produces the interpretive challenge of the discourse: distinguishing which parts refer to the 70 CE destruction and which to the final consummation.
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