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Mark 13:14
14“The day is coming when you will see the sacrilegious object that causes desecration standing where he should not be.” (Reader, pay attention!) “Then those in Judea must flee to the hills.
Mark 13:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judea flee to the mountains:
- New International Version (NIV)“When you see ‘the abomination that causes desolation’ standing where it does not belong—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not to be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“So when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not” (let the reader understand), “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
Context of Mark 13:14
12“A brother will betray his brother to death, a father will betray his own child, and children will rebel against their parents and cause them to be killed. 13And everyone will hate you because you are my followers. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. “The day is coming when you will see the sacrilegious object that causes desecration standing where he should not be.” (Reader, pay attention!) “Then those in Judea must flee to the hills. 15A person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house to pack. 16A person out in the field must not return even to get a coat.
Read all of Mark 13Mark 13:14 word by word
ὅταν δὲ ἴδητε τὸ βδέλυγμα τῆς ἐρημώσεως ἑστηκότα ὅπου οὐ δεῖ, ὁ ἀναγινώσκων νοείτω, τότε οἱ ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ φευγέτωσαν εἰς τὰ ὄρη·Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Butδέde · thenG1161
- whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
- ye shall seeὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
- the abominationὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the abominationβδέλυγμαbdelugma · abominationG946
- of desolationἐρήμωσιςerēmōsis · devastationG2050
- spoken ofἐρῶereō · to sayG2046
- byὑπόhupo · by/under: byG5259
- DanielΔανιήλDaniēl · DanielG1158
- the prophetπροφήτηςprophētēs · prophetG4396
- standingἵστημιhistēmi · to standG2476
- whereὅπουhopou · where(-ever)G3699
- it oughtδεῖdei · be necessaryG1163
- notοὐou · noG3756
- readethἀναγινώσκωanaginōskō · to readG314
- understandνοέωnoieō · to understandG3539
- thenτότεtote · thenG5119
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- JudeaἸουδαίαIoudaia · JudeaG2449
- fleeφεύγωpheugō · to fleeG5343
- toεἰςeis · towardG1519
- the mountainsὄροςoros · mountainG3735
Cross-references for Mark 13:14
- Daniel 8:13Then I heard two holy ones talking to each other. One of them asked, “How long will the events of this vision last? How long will the rebellion that causes desecration stop the daily sacrifices? How long will the Temple and heaven’s army be trampled on?”
- Daniel 9:27The ruler will make a treaty with the people for a period of one set of seven, but after half this time, he will put an end to the sacrifices and offerings. And as a climax to all his terrible deeds, he will set up a sacrilegious object that causes desecration, until the fate decreed for this defiler is finally poured out on him.”
- Daniel 12:11“From the time the daily sacrifice is stopped and the sacrilegious object that causes desecration is set up to be worshiped, there will be 1,290 days.
- Matthew 24:15“The day is coming when you will see what Daniel the prophet spoke about—the sacrilegious object that causes desecration standing in the Holy Place.” (Reader, pay attention!)
- Luke 21:20“And when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you will know that the time of its destruction has arrived.
- Lamentations 1:10The enemy has plundered her completely, taking every precious thing she owns. She has seen foreigners violate her sacred Temple, the place the Lord had forbidden them to enter.
- Ezekiel 44:9“So this is what the Sovereign Lord says: No foreigners, including those who live among the people of Israel, will enter my sanctuary if they have not been circumcised and have not surrendered themselves to the Lord.
- Matthew 13:51Do you understand all these things?” “Yes,” they said, “we do.”
- Acts 8:30Philip ran over and heard the man reading from the prophet Isaiah. Philip asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
- 1 Corinthians 14:7Even lifeless instruments like the flute or the harp must play the notes clearly, or no one will recognize the melody.
- Revelation 1:3God blesses the one who reads the words of this prophecy to the church, and he blesses all who listen to its message and obey what it says, for the time is near.
- Revelation 13:18Wisdom is needed here. Let the one with understanding solve the meaning of the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is 666.
- Luke 21:21Then those in Judea must flee to the hills. Those in Jerusalem must get out, and those out in the country should not return to the city.
Commentaries on Mark 13:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Let him that readeth understand - What he readeth, is added by D, and three of the Itala, perhaps needlessly.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-23Verses 14-23 The Jews in rebelling against the Romans, and in persecuting the Christians, hastened their own ruin apace. Here we have a prediction of that ruin which came upon them within less than forty years after this. Such destruction and desolation, that the like cannot be found in any history. Promises of power to persevere, and cautions against falling away, well agree with each other. But the more we consider these things, the more we shall see…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14When you see the abomination of desolation: Mark did not explain what this object would be, but Jewish audiences in the first century were familiar with the term. The prophet Daniel had foretold that such an object would stand in the temple in Jerusalem (Daniel 9:27; 11:31). Many Jews understood the events in Jerusalem from 167 to 164 BC, during the time of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, to be a fulfillment of that prophecy. The deuterocanonical book of 1…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. But when ye shall see--"Jerusalem compassed by armies"--by encamped armies; in other words, when ye shall see it besieged, and the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not--that is, as explained in Matthew (Mt 24:15), "standing in the holy place." (let him that readeth understand)--readeth that prophecy. That "the abomination of desolation" here alluded to was intended to point to the Roman ensigns, as…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Mark 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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