Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Mark 13:2

"And Jesus said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left here one stone upon another, which shall not be thrown down." — Mark 13:2 (ASV)

Jesus’ reply was startling. Great though the temple buildings were, they would be completely destroyed. This prophecy was fulfilled in A. D. 70, when Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed by the Roman general Titus. All the buildings on the temple platform, including the temple itself to which the prophecy refers, were utterly destroyed. So completely were they destroyed that no trace of them remains today. Even their exact location on the temple mount is disputed.