Tell us, when shall these things be? (Ειπον ημιν ποτε ταυτα εσται; ). The Revised Version punctuates it as a direct question, but …

When shall these things be?—Note, as, perhaps, characteristic of a Gospel written for Gentiles, the use of the vaguer wor…

The Venerable Bede: Because the Lord, when some were praising the buildings of the temple, had clearly answered that all these …

Between v.2 and v.3 the location shifts. Jesus was now on the Mount of Olives. With him were the four disciples who had been the first to be called…

Tell us when shall these things be ?
&c.] When the temple will be destroyed, and these fine buildings shall be demol…

See how little Christ values outward pomp, where there is not real purity of heart. He looks with pity upon the ruin of precious souls, and weeps o…