Matthew 24:3

³ Now 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?” 

Commentary

Having declared to the disciples the Temples complete destruction; something that would’ve been unimaginable to the disciples given the size and the scale of it; the Lord Jesus now on the Mount of Olives with the disciples, being seated alone, (with the Temple visible), is approached by them with three key questions, the first being when will the Temple be destroyed? While the second question concerns the Lord Jesus Christ’s Second Coming, basically what signs will there be that will signify His return to set up His Kingdom. And the third question concerns the end of the age, that is this present age in which sin and Satan bear the rule over mankind and the nations, and thus God’s finial judgment of all things, before He sets up a new heavens and new earth in which righteous dwells (Isaiah 65:17; 2 Peter 3:13).

Scripture Quotations: 

The New King James Version. (1982). Nashville: Thomas Nelson