“And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?”
As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying: tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age? The disciples' three-part question — when, what sign of your coming, and what sign of the end of the age — may conflate two or three events that Jesus will treat with some distinction. The private setting on the Mount of Olives (east of the temple, with a direct view of its eastern face) is the classic prophetic vantage point.
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