“Teacher,” they asked, “when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?”
See here, I. With what admiration some spoke of the external pomp and magnificence of the temple, and they were some of Christ's own disciples too; and they took notice of it to him how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, Luk 21:5.
Commenting on Luke 21:5-19
And they asked him,.... That is, his disciples, when they were come to the Mount of Olives, and as he sat upon that, Mat 24:3 saying, master, but when shall these things be? when the temple shall be destroyed; and one stone shall not be left upon another; and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?
Verses 7-36. The account of the destruction of Jerusalem contained in this chapter has been fully considered in , and following. All that will be necessary here will be an explanation of a few words that did not occur in that chapter.