However, the predictions Jesus made with regard to the destruction of Jerusalem and the dispersal of the Jews have been fulfilled with such a degree of accuracy and so it would seem strange that he could be so inaccurate with regard to such an important event. So there have been various attempts to resolve this difficulty. Some have pointed to the fact that the word that is translated ‘generation’ does not necessarily refer to a particular age group of people, but rather to a kind of people. They