Mark 13:14

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

12Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. And children will rise up against parents and have them put to death. 13And you will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end will be saved.” “But when you see ‘the abomination of desolation’ standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then those in Judea must flee to the mountains. 15The one on the roof must not go down, nor enter to take anything out of his house. 16And the one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.

Mark 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 8:13“Then I heard a holy one speaking and another holy one said to the one who was speaking, ‘How long will the vision last, the daily sacrifice be forsaken because of rebellion, the sanctuary be surrendered and the host be trampled?’
• Daniel 9:27Then he will make a firm covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of abominations will come one who destroys, until the decreed annihilation is poured out on the one who destroys.’”
• Daniel 12:11“From the time that the daily burnt offering is taken away, and abomination of desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.
• Matthew 24:15“So when you see ‘the abomination of desolation,’ which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the Holy Place (let the reader understand),
• Luke 21:20“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that her desolation is near.
• Lamentations 1:10The enemy has stretched his hand over all her treasures. She even saw nations enter her sanctuary— those You had commanded not to enter Your congregation.
• Ezekiel 44:9Thus says Adonai Elohim: “No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, may enter My Sanctuary, not any foreigner who is among Bnei-Yisrael.
• Matthew 13:51“Have you understood all these things?” They said to Him, “Yes.”
• Acts 8:30Philip ran up and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
• 1 Corinthians 14:7It is the same for lifeless things that make a sound—like a flute or a harp. If they make no distinction in the tones, how will what is played be recognized?
• Revelation 1:3How fortunate is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and those who hear and keep what has been written in it—for the time is near.
• Revelation 13:18Here is wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is a number of a man, and his number is 666.
• Luke 21:21Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those inside the city must get out, and those in the countryside must not enter her.

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

Topics related to Mark 13:14

• Jerusalem
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In the dictionaries

• Daniel
• Judea
• Judaea, or Judea
• Judea, Judah
• Abomination of Desolation
• Choose
• Desolation, Abomination of
• Abomination
• Acts of the Apostles
• Andrew

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