Matthew 24:15-28
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
When You See Daniel’s Abomination, Flee. For There Will Be a Great Affliction
15 “Therefore when you see[a] the abomination of desolation[b]— the thing having been spoken through Daniel the prophet— standing in the holy place[c] (let the one reading understand), 16 then let the ones in Judea be fleeing to the mountains. 17 Let the one upon the housetop not go down to take the things out of his house. 18 And let the one in the field not turn behind to take his cloak. 19 And woe to the ones having a child in the womb, and to the ones nursing in those days. 20 And be praying that your flight may not take place in winter, nor on a Sabbath. 21 For then[d] there will be a great affliction[e] such as has not taken place since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will take place. 22 And if those days had not been shortened[f], no[g] flesh would have been saved. But those days will be shortened for the sake of the chosen ones.
Do Not Be Deceived. My Coming Will Be As Visible To All As Lightning
23 Then[h] if someone says to you, ‘Behold— here is the Christ,’ or ‘Here’, do not believe it. 24 For false-christs and false-prophets will arise and give great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the chosen ones. 25 Behold— I have told you beforehand. 26 Therefore, if they say to you, ‘Behold— He is in the wilderness’, do not go out; ‘Behold— He is in the inner-rooms’, do not believe it. 27 For just as the lightning comes out from the east and is visible[i] as far as the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. 28 Wherever the corpse[j] may be, there the vultures will be gathered.
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Matthew 24:21 Or, at that time.
- Matthew 24:21 Or, distress, trouble, tribulation.
- Matthew 24:22 Or, curtailed, cut short.
- Matthew 24:22 Lit, all flesh would not have. Some think all flesh means all humanity; others, all those in Judea, v 16.
- Matthew 24:23 Or, At that time.
- Matthew 24:27 Or, shines.
- Matthew 24:28 The corpses may be those killed at the return of Christ; both His coming and its aftermath will be unmistakable. Or, linking this with v 24, the false prophets (the vultures) will gather upon the spiritually dead (the corpses). Or, linking this with v 15-26, Jerusalem (the corpse) will attract the Roman ‘eagles’ (as ‘vultures’ can also be rendered). Or, this may be a general rule: As corpses attract vultures, so the spiritually dead will attract judgment.
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