Add parallel Print Page Options

14 And this good-news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations. And then the end[a] will come.

When You See Daniel’s Abomination, Flee. For There Will Be a Great Affliction

15 “Therefore when you see[b] the abomination of desolation[c]— the thing having been spoken through Daniel the prophet— standing in the holy place[d] (let the one reading understand), 16 then let the ones in Judea be fleeing to the mountains.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:14 That is, the coming of Christ; or, the beginning of the end time.
  2. Matthew 24:15 Some think that this is the sign of the destruction of Jerusalem, as in Lk 21:20-24; others, that it is the sign of the beginning of the end time, as in 2 Thes 2:3-4; others, both.
  3. Matthew 24:15 That is, an act of sacrilege characterized by or consisting of or resulting in desolation. The term comes from Dan 9:27; 11:31; 12:11.
  4. Matthew 24:15 This could refer to the a.d. 70 temple or an end-time temple of God, or to Jerusalem, or to Judea.

Bible Gateway Recommends