Jesus told them He’d be back before they made it through all the towns of Israel, that He’d be back to Judge Jerusalem during that wicked generation with which He spoke, and that He would end the Mosaic Covenant and earthly temple/priesthood… and that the tribes (Jewish) of the land (proper Greek interpretation) would mourn when it happened … and that He’d do it after Peter would die, but before John would die. Did He miss His prediction? Or did He nail it?
Look at the History Recorded by Josephus, Tacitus, Yossipon, & Pseudo-Hegesippus regarding miraculous events in AD 66, just before the 1260-day war that would desolate the city and the sanctuary during the New Testament-verified last days and time of the end, after Peter declared that he would soon die as Jesus told him, and that “it’s time for judgment to begin at the house of God:
Pseudo-Hegesippus (5.44)
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“A certain figure appeared of tremendous size, which many saw, just as the books of the Jews have disclosed, and before the setting of the sun there were suddenly seen in the clouds chariots in the clouds and armed battle arrays by which the cities of all Iudaea and its territories were invaded.”
Sepher Yosippon (A Mediaeval History of Ancient Israel Chapter 87)
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“Moreover, in those days were seen chariots of fire and horsemen, a great force flying across the sky near to the ground coming against Jerusalem and all the land of Judah, all of them horses of fire and riders of fire.
Josephus (The Wars of the Jews 6.5.3)
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“Besides these, a few days after that feast, on the one and twentieth day of the month Artemisius, [Jyar,] a certain prodigious and incredible phenomenon appeared: I suppose the account of it would seem to be a fable; were it not related by those that saw it; and were not the events that followed it of so considerable a nature as to deserve such signals. For, before sun setting, chariots and troops of soldiers in their armour were seen running about among the clouds, and surrounding of cities.”
Tacitus (The Histories 5.13)
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“In the sky appeared a vision of armies in conflict, of glittering armour. A sudden lightning flash from the clouds lit up the Temple. The doors of the holy place abruptly opened, a superhuman voice was heard to declare that the gods were leaving it, and in the same instant came the rushing tumult of their departure.”
Josephus (The Wars of the Jews 6.5.3)
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“Moreover, at that feast which we call Pentecost; as the priests were going by night into the inner [court of the] temple,10 as their custom was, to perform their sacred ministrations, they said, that in the first place they felt a quaking, and heard a great noise: and after that they heard a sound, as of a multitude, saying, “Let us remove hence.” “
Additional Signs:
Josephus on Sign in the Sky (The Wars of the Jews 6.5.3)
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“Thus there was a star, resembling a sword, which stood over the city: and a comet, that continued a whole year. “
Josephus on 30 Minutes of Light (The Wars of the Jews 6.5.3)
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“Thus also before the Jews rebellion, and before those commotions which preceded the war, when the people were come in great crowds to the feast of unleavened bread, on the eighth day of the month Xanthicus, Nisan, and at the ninth hour of the night, so great a light shone round the altar, and the holy house, that it appeared to be bright day time. Which light lasted for half an hour.”
Josephus on Cow Giving Birth to Lamb (The Wars of the Jews 6.5.3)
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“At the same festival also a heifer, as she was led by the High-priest to be sacrificed, brought forth a lamb, in the midst of the temple.”
Josephus on Eastern Gate Opened (The Wars of the Jews 6.5.3)
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“Moreover the eastern gate of the inner [court of the] temple,9 which was of brass, and vastly heavy, and had been with difficulty shut by twenty men, and rested upon a basis armed with iron, and had bolts fastened very deep into the firm floor; which was there made of one entire stone: was seen to be opened of its own accord, about the sixth hour of the night. Now those that kept watch in the temple came hereupon running to the captain of the temple, and told him of it: who then came up thither: and, not without great difficulty, was able to shut the gate again.”
Ignatius of Antioch, writing in 108 AD about the events of 66 AD
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“A star shone forth in heaven brighter than all the stars; its light was indescribable and its strangeness caused amazement. All the rest of the constellations, together with the sun and moon, formed a chorus around the star, yet the star itself far outshone them all, and there was perplexity about the origin of this strange phenomenon, which was so unlike the others. Consequently, all magic and every kind of spell were dissolved, the ignorance so characteristic of wickedness vanished, and the ancient kingdom was abolished when God appeared in human form to bring the newness of eternal life, and what had been prepared by God began to take effect. As a result, all things were thrown into ferment, because the abolition of death was being carried out.”