KJV King James Version
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?
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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?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”
WEB World English Bible
As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?”
ASV American Standard Version
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?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And when he is sitting on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came near to him by himself, saying, ‘Tell us, when shall these be? and what is the sign of thy presence, and of the full end of the age?’
Surrounding context — Matthew 24
1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to [him] for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
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?
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all [these things] must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΚαθημένουG2521 · kathēmaito sitδὲG1161 · dethenαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoὄρουςG3735 · orosmountainτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐλαιῶνG1638 · elaiōnOlivetπροσῆλθονG4334 · proserchomaito come near/agreeαὐτῷG846 · autosit/s/heοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoμαθηταὶG3101 · mathētēsdiscipleκατ᾽G2596 · kataaccording toἰδίανG2398 · idiosone's own/privateλέγοντες·G3004 · legōto sayεἰπὲG2036 · eiponto sayἡμῖνG3165 · memeπότεG4219 · potewhen?ταῦταG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itἔσταιG1510 · eimito beκαὶG2532 · kaiandτίG5101 · tiswhich?τὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoσημεῖονG4592 · sēmeionsignτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoσῆςG4771 · suyouπαρουσίαςG3952 · parousiacomingκαὶG2532 · kaiandσυντελείαςG4930 · sunteleiaconsummationτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoαἰῶνος;¶G165 · aiōnan age: age
Cross-references
Mark 13:3-4And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,Acts 1:7And 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.1 Thessalonians 5:1-11But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.Matthew 13:49So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,Matthew 24:37But as the days of Noe [were], so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.Matthew 13:39-40The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.Daniel 12:6-8And [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?Matthew 24:32-33Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer [is] nigh:Luke 21:7And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign [will there be] when these things shall come to pass?Matthew 21:1And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,Matthew 24:27For 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.Matthew 24:39And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.Hebrews 9:26For 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.Matthew 28:20Teaching 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.Matthew 24:43But 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.John 21:21-22Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what [shall] this man [do]?Matthew 17:19Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?Matthew 13:36Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
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