upon the mount of Olives] Mark addes, over against the temple: which words shew the occasion of this discourse, Mark 13:3. the disciples came unto him] Some of them, namely, Peter, James, John and Andrew, Mark 13:3. privately] Because it was a dangerous question to be asked in publike, concerning the destruction of the temple, as appears, chap. 26. 61. Acts 6:14. Tell us, &c.] Here are three distinct questions propounded: the first, concerning the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple: the second, about Christs coming, not to judgement, but in his Kingdom here, which they expected to be externall: the third, concerning the end of the world. The answer to the first, as some conceive, reacheth to vers. 23. to the second, from thence to vers. 36. to the third, from that verse to the end of the chapter. Others conceive, they thought the temple would not be destroyed till the worlds end, and then Christ would set up his Kingdom. Yet he seems to answer distinctly to two, at least, of them.