καὶ ὅταν : Mt. and Mk. place the καὶ before τότε in the next clause. Lk.'s arrangement throws more emphasis on ἡμέραι : there will come days, and when, etc. The καὶ may be explicative (= et quidem, Bornemann), or it may introduce the apodosis. ὅταν ἀπαρθῇ, the subjunctive with ἂν in a relative clause referring to a probable future event.

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