Mark 13:14

12 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.

13 You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

15 Let no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house.

16 And let no one in the field return for his cloak.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
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 Judæa flee to the mountains:
WEB
“But 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,
ASV
But when ye see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not (let him that readeth understand), then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains:
DARBY
But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not, (he that reads let him consider [it],) then let those in Judaea flee to the mountains;
BLB
But when you⁺ shall see the ‘abomination of the desolation’ standing where it should not (the one reading, let him understand), then those in Judea, let them flee to the mountains;
ÅB
Men når dere ser ødeleggelsens styggedom stå der hvor den ikke bør - den som leser det, han se til å skjønne det! - da må de som er i Judea, flykte til fjells,
OTB
“Når dere ser ‘ødeleggelsens vederstyggelighet’ stå der den ikke burde—la den som leser forstå—da la dem som er i Judea flykte til fjellene.
B1930
Men når I ser ødeleggelsens vederstyggelighet stå der hvor den ikke bør - den som leser det, han se til å skjønne det! - da må de som er i Judea, fly til fjells,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Daniel 9:27

    And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed destruction is poured out upon him.”

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  • Daniel 12:11

    And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.

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  • Daniel 11:31

    His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.

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  • Matthew 24:15–28

    So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),

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  • Luke 21:20–24

    But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.

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  • Daniel 8:13

    Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to him, “How long until the fulfillment of the vision of the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, and the surrender of the sanctuary and of the host to be trampled?”

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  • Ezekiel 44:9

    This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.

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  • Acts 8:30–31

    So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.

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