Discovery BoxMatthew 24:3 
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?”
Matthew 24:31
Context24:31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven 3 to the other.
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 Or “of the sky”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context.
