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As he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,
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A Prophecy with a View
Commentators emphasize the significance of the location. Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives, directly 'over against the temple,' giving Him and the disciples a full, clear view of the magnificent structure He had just prophesied would be destroyed. This dramatic setting made His following words all the more vivid and impactful.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Upon the mount of Olives over against the temple. The Mount of Olives was directly east of Jerusalem, and from it there was a fine view of…
Over against the temple (κατεναντ του ιερου). In full view of the temple about which they had been speaking.
Privat…
19th Century
Anglican
Opposite the temple.—The view that the position commanded, and which St. Mark alone mentions, made all that followed more vivid an…
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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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And as he sat upon the Mount of Olives On the east of Jerusalem:
over against the temple
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…
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