The 2nd Coming, part 5 - the Olivet Discourse

Shalom, friends.

The Olivet Discourse, or Yeshua`s prophecy about the end times to answer His disciples' questions, which was given on Har haZeitiym, the Mount of Olives, is a pensive lament of the future that flows back and forth down through the centuries as Yeshua` visits what will happen from various perspectives.

Here are how the first few verses of each version fit together. The format of each section is again "book chapter#:verse#:word#(- word#)":

Matt. 24:1-3; Mark 13:1-4; Luke 21:5-7

Matt. 24:1:1-19; Kai exelthoon ho Ieesous apo tou hierou eporeueto kai proseelthon hoi matheetai autou epideixai autoo tas oikodomas tou hierou; And went-out the Yeshua` from of-the of-temple departed and came-to the students of-him to-show him the buildings of-the of temple
Luke 21:5:1-12; Kai tinoon legontoon peri tou hierou hoti lithois kalois kai anatheemasin kekosmeetai; And as-some were-speaking about of-the of-temple that stones goodly and consecrated-gifts it-was-adorned
Mark 13:1:1-20; Kai ek autou tou hierou ekporeuomenou legei autoo heis ek toon matheetoon autou Didaskele ide potapoi lithoi kai potapai oikodomai; And out-from he of-the of-temple as-he-(was)-departing-out says to-him one out-from of-the of-students of-him Teacher see what stones and what buildings
Mark 13:2:1-11; Kai ho Ieesous apokritheis eipen auto Blepeis tautas tas megalas oikodomas; And the Yeshua`answering he-said to-him Do-you-see these-things the huge buildings
Matt. 24:2:1-3; Ho de apokritheis; the but he-responding
Matt. 24:2:4; Luke 21:5:13; eipen; he-said
Matt. 24:2:5-12; autois Ou blepete tauta panta Ameen legoo humin; to them Not do-you-see these-things all Truly I-say to-you
Luke 21:6:1-7; Tauta ha theooreite eleusontai heemerai en hais; These-things the-which ye-are-beholding will-come days in which
Matt. 24:2:13; Mark 13:2:12; Luke 21:6:8; ou; no
Matt. 24:2:14; Mark 13:2:13; mee; surely-not
Matt. 24:2:15; Mark 13:2:14; Luke 21:6:9; afethee(setai); shall-be-left
Matt. 24:2:16; Mark 13:2:15; hoode; here
Matt. 24:2:17-21; Mark 13:2:16-20; Luke 21:6:10-14; lithos epi lithon hos ou; a-stone upon a-stone that not
Matt. 24:2:22; Mark 13:2:21; mee; surely-not
Matt. 24:2:23; Mark 13:2:22; Luke 21:6:15; kataluthee(setai); shall-be-torn-down
Matt. 24:3:1-8; Katheemenou de autou epi tou orous toon Elaioon; Sat-down but he upon the mountain of-the of-Olives
Mark 13:3:1-11; Kai katheemenou autou eis to oros toon Elaioon katenanti tou hierou; And as-was-sitting he into the mountain of-the of-Olives opposite of-the of-temple
Matt. 24:3:9; Mark 13:3:12; Luke 21:7:1; proseelthon/epeeroot(-a, -oon, -eesan); they-approached
Luke 21:7:2; de; but
Matt. 24:3:10; Mark 13:3:13; Luke 21:7:3; auto(-o, -on); to-him
Matt. 24:3:11-12; hoi matheetai; the students
Matt. 24:3:13-14; Mark 13:3:14-15; kat' (kata) idian; down privately
Mark 13:3:16-22; Petros kai Iakoobos kai Iooannees kai Andreas; Kefa/Peter and Ya`acov/James and Yochanan/John and Andreas/Andrew
Matt. 24:3:15; Luke 21:7:4; legontes; saying
Luke 21:7:5; Didaskale; Teacher
Matt. 24:3:16-17; Mark 13:4:1-2; Eipe heemin; Tell us
Matt. 24:3:18; Mark 13:4:3; Luke 21:7:6; pote; when
Luke 21:7:7; oun; then
Matt. 24:3:19-24; Mark 13:4:4-9; Luke 21:7:8-13; tauta estai Kai li to seemeion; these-things shall-be And what the sign
Matt. 24:3:25-27; tees sees parousias; of-the of-thee revealing
Mark 13:4:10-11; Luke 21:7:14-15; hotan mellee; when should-be-about
Mark 13:4:12; panta; of-all
Mark 13:4:13; Luke 21:7:16; tauta; these-things
Luke 21:7:17; ginesthai; become
Matt. 24:3:28-29; kai tees; and the
Matt. 24:3:30; Mark 13:4:14; suntelei(-as, -sthai); entire(ly)-complet(-ion, -ed)
Matt. 24:3:31-32; tou aioonos; of-the of-age

Thus, although some may feel that Luke's account may have been said in the Temple while those of Matthew and Mark were said on the Mount of Olives, I make no such distinction. There are just too many similarities. Why would they basically ask the same thing in the same words twice? It makes more sense to me that Luke's account simply has a gap that doesn't show that they moved from the Temple to the Mount of Olives as Matthew and Mark make clear.

More to come...

In the Messiah's love,
Retrobyter