Mark 13:3

3 And as he sate on moute olivete over agest the teple Peter and Iames and Iohn and Andrew axed him secretly:

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.

Mark 13:3 In-Context

1 And as he went out of the teple one of his disciples sayde vnto him: Master se what stones and what byldynges are here.

2 And Iesus answered and sayde vnto him: Seist thou these greate byldinges? There shall not be leefte one stone vpon a another that shall not be throwen doune.

3 And as he sate on moute olivete over agest the teple Peter and Iames and Iohn and Andrew axed him secretly:

4 tell vs when shall these thinges be? And what is ye signe whe all these thinges shalbe fulfilled?

5 And Iesus answered the and bega to saye: take hede lest eny man deceave you.