In the previous chapter we saw Jesus teaching in the temple precincts. There Jesus was asked hostile questions with the view to trap him into saying something for which he could be arrested. In the present chapter we shall see Jesus still teaching in the temple (from v. 1 to v. 38), only this time the teaching is about the temple itself. Most of the teaching concerns the coming destruction of the temple and the appearance of the Son of Man. The chapter may be divided as follows: (1) the Widow’s Offering (vv. 1–4); (2) the Prediction of the Temple’s Destruction (vv. 5–7); (3) Troubles and Persecutions (vv. 8–19); (4) the Destruction of Jerusalem (vv. 20–24); (5) the Coming of the Son of Man (vv. 25–28); (6) the Parable of the Fig Tree (vv. 29–33); and (7) the Admonition to Watch (vv. 34–38)…