Matthew 24:1

Now ¹  as Jesus was going out of the temple courts and walking away, his disciples came to show him the temple buildings. ² 

Jer 6:8; Eze 8:6; Eze 10:17-19; Eze 11:22,23; Ho 9:12; Mt 23:39; Mr 13:1,2; Lu 21:5,6; Joh 2:20

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

² sn The Jerusalem temple was widely admired around the world. See Josephus, Ant. 15.11 [15.380-425]; J. W. 5.5 [5.184-227] and Tacitus, History 5.8, who called it “immensely opulent.” Josephus compared it to a beautiful snowcapped mountain.