Discovery BoxMatthew 24:3-4 
ContextSigns of the End of the Age
24:3 As 1 he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately and said, “Tell us, when will these things 2 happen? And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” 24:4 Jesus answered them, 3 “Watch out 4 that no one misleads you.
1 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
2 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.
3 tn Grk “answering, Jesus said to them.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation.
4 tn Or “Be on guard.”
