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Mark 13:3

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Signs of the Close of the Age

3 And as he sat on 1the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, 2Peter and James and John and 3Andrew asked him 4privately,
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Mark 13:3 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 13:3

And as he sat upon the Mount of Olives
On the east of Jerusalem:

over against the temple:
where he could have a full view of it; the eastern wall of the temple being lower than the rest; (See Gill on Matthew 24:3).

Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, asked him privately;
apart from the rest of the disciples, they being, especially the first three, his favourites, and very familiar with him.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Mark 13:3 In-Context

1 And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, "Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!"
2 And Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down."
3 And as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
4 "Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished?"
5 And Jesus began to say to them, "See that no one leads you astray.

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