Discovery BoxMatthew 14:13 
ContextThe Feeding of the Five Thousand
14:13 Now when Jesus heard this he went away from there privately in a boat to an isolated place. But when the crowd heard about it, 1 they followed him on foot from the towns. 2
Matthew 24:3
ContextSigns of the End of the Age
24:3 As 3 he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately and said, “Tell us, when will these things 4 happen? And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”
1 tn The word “it” is not in the Greek text but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
2 tn Or “cities.”
3 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
4 sn Because the phrase these things is plural, more than the temple’s destruction is in view. The question may presuppose that such a catastrophe signals the end.
