Matthew 24:3
And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
KJV
καθημένου δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τοῦ ὄρους τῶν ἐλαιῶν προσῆλθον αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ κατ’ ἰδίαν λέγοντες· εἰπὲ ἡμῖν, πότε ταῦτα ἔσται, καὶ τί τὸ σημεῖον τῆς σῆς παρουσίας καὶ συντελείας τοῦ αἰῶνος;
Greek NT
Sedente autem eo super montem Oliveti, accesserunt ad eum discipuli secreto, dicentes : Dic nobis, quando hæc erunt ? et quod signum adventus tui, et consummationis sæculi ?
Vulgate
And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
ASV
And when he was sitting on mount Olivet, the disciples came to him privately, saying: Tell us when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of thy coming and of the consummation of the world?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
23 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αἰών
aion
noun · 124×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
κάθημαι
kathemai
verb · 89×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
παρουσία
parousia
noun · 24×
προσέρχομαι
proserchomai
verb · 87×
πότε
pote
particle · 19×
σημεῖον
semeion
noun · 77×
συντέλεια
sunteleia
noun · 6×
σός
sos
possessive_pronoun · 27×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἐλαία
elaia
noun · 16×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ἴδιος
idios
adjective · 114×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὄρος
oros
noun · 64×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: καὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ | RP: + τῆς
- καὶ — SBLGNT
- καὶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + τῆς — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Themes
Prophecy
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§585On the threshold of his Passion Jesus announced the coming destruction of this splendid building, of which there would not remain "one stone upon another".356 By doing so, he announced a sign of the last days, which were to begin with his own Passover.357 But this prophecy would be distorted in its telling by false witnesses during his interrogation at the high priest's house, …
Homilies on Matthew · 2 passages
2. Now that on this account Christ came to His baptism, is from this evident. But wherefore was this baptism devised for Him? For that not of himself did the son of Zacharias proceed to this, but of God who moved him — this Luke also declares, when he says, The word of the Lord came unto him, Luke 3:2 that is, His commandment. And he himself too says, He that sent me to baptize…
2. But by wars and rumors of wars, He means, what I before said, the troubles coming upon them. After this, because, as I have already said, they supposed after that war the end would come, see how He warns them, saying, But the end is not yet. For nation, He says, shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. Matthew 24:7 Of the preludes to the ills of the Jews does …
54. For it is written, 'So much better than the Angels.' let us then first examine this. Now it is right and necessary, as in all divine Scripture, so here, faithfully to expound the time of which the Apostle wrote, and the person , and the point; lest the reader, from ignorance missing either these or any similar particular, may be wide of the true sense. This understood that …
THE KEY BOOK for the Olivet Discourse. Josephus describes Titus's siege of Jerusalem in AD 70 in extraordinary detail: the three walls of the city, the Temple complex (the most detailed ancient description of the Second Temple), the famine, the crucifixions outside the walls, the breaching of the outer walls. Every detail corresponds to Jesus's prophecy: "not one stone shall be…
Cross-references
- 1Thess 5:1 — But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
- 1Thess 5:1 — But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
- 2Pet 1:16 — For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
- Acts 1:6 — When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
- Acts 1:7 — And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
- Acts 1:12 — Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey.
- Dan 12:6 — And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
- Heb 9:26 — For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
- John 21:21 — Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?
- John 21:21 — Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?
- Luke 13:23 — Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,
- Luke 17:30 — Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
- Luke 21:7 — And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?
- Luke 21:7 — And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?
- Mark 11:1 — And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,
- Mark 13:3 — And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
- Mark 13:4 — Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?
- Matt 13:39 — The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
- Matt 13:39 — The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
- Matt 13:49 — So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
- Matt 16:28 — Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
- Matt 17:19 — Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
- Matt 21:1 — And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
- Matt 21:1 — And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
- Matt 24:14 — And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
- Matt 24:27 — For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
- Matt 24:30 — And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glor
- Matt 24:32 — Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
- Matt 24:37 — But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
- Matt 24:39 — And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
- Matt 24:43 — But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
- Matt 28:20 — Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
- Matt 28:20 — Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.