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NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Mat_24:3
3As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?"
Mat_24:3 "sitting on the Mount of Olives" This ridge to the east overlooked Jerusalem and the temple area. Mark's Gospel identified the disciples who asked Jesus these questions-Peter, James, John, and Andrew. Matthew reads "the disciples came up. . .to Him" (cf. Mat_24:1; Mat_24:3).
▣ "when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming" Mar_13:4 and Luk_21:7 have only one question, but Mat_24:3 shows the expanded questions. There were several events the disciples wanted to know about: (1) destruction of the temple, (2) Second Coming and (3) end of this age. The disciples probably thought all three would happen at one time. See Special Topic following.
The term used here translated "coming" (cf. Mat_24:3; Mat_24:27; Mat_24:37; Mat_24:39; 1Co_15:23; 1Th_2:19; 1Th_3:13; 1Th_4:15; 1Th_5:23; 2Th_2:1; 2Th_2:8; Jas_5:7-8; 2Pe_1:16; 2Pe_3:4; 2Pe_3:12; 1Jn_2:28) is parousia. See the second Special Topic below.
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