Hello JLB
I tend to agree and Josephus appears to confirm that in his War of the Jews writings.
Here are the relevant passages:
Matthew 24::2 And Jesus said to them, “ are ye not seeing all these?
Amen I am saying to ye, not no may be being left here stone upon stone, which not shall be being thrown-down.”
Mark 13:2 And Jesus answering said to him, “thou are beholding these, the great buildings.
Not no may be being left here stone upon stone which not no may be being thrown-down
Luke 21:6 “These which ye are beholding.Shall be coming days in which not shall be being left stone upon stone here which not shall be being thrown-down
Luke 19:43 That shall be arriving days upon Thee, and Thy enemies shall be casting up a rampart/siege-work to Thee
and shall be encompassing Thee, and pressing Thee from-every-side.
44 And shall be leveling Thee and Thy offspring in Thee,
and not shall be leaving stone upon stone in Thee,
stead which not Thou knew the season of the visitation of Thee".
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When Jesus was speaking these words in verse 2, they were in the Temple area looking back at the Temple and the grounds, so the context is relevant.
However, when they were on the Mount of Olives, a Sabbaths day walk from the Temple, and the disciples were with Him privately, they asked Him another question.
Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple,
and His disciples came up to show Him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.”
Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”
Jesus refers to Daniel, in which we can see the bigger picture concerning the destruction of the temple, and the time of the abomination of desolation, and how they relate to the end of the age.
“Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand). Matthew 24:15
JLB