Luke 21:7

So ¹  they asked him, ²  “Teacher, when will these things ³  happen? And what will be the sign that ⁴  these things are about to take place?”

Da 12:6,8; Mt 24:3; Mt 24:15,16; Mr 13:3,4; Mr 13:14; Lu 21:20,21,27,28; Lu 21:32; Joh 21:21,22; Ac 1:6,7

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Jesus’ comments about the temple’s future destruction.

² tn Grk “asked him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in English and has not been translated.

³ sn Both references to these things are plural, so more than the temple’s destruction is in view. The question may presuppose that such a catastrophe signals the end.

⁴ tn Grk “when.”