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MATTHEW 24:15 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 24:14Matt 24:16
“When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)”
So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place — let the reader understand — then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. The abomination of desolation from Daniel 11:31 and 12:11 — the desecration of the holy place by an abominable presence — is the signal for immediate flight from Judea. The let the reader understand is a textual aside communicating the significance of the Daniel reference and the need for careful reading.

Church Fathers on Matthew 24:15

As above He had obscurely intimated the end of Jerusalem; He now proceeds to a more plain announcement of it, citing a prophecy which should make them believe it.

Chrysostom · 4th century

That, 'Let him that readeth understand,' is said to call us to the mystic understanding of the place. What we read in Daniel is this; 'And in the midst of the week the sacrifice and the oblation shall be taken away, and in the temple shall be the abomination of desolations until the consummation of the time, and consummation shall be given upon the desolate.' [Dan 9:27, septuagint]

Jerome · 4th century

Luke, in order to shew that the abomination of desolation foretold by Daniel had reference to the time of the siege of Jerusalem, repeats these words of our Lord, 'When ye shall see Jerusalem encompassed by armies, then know ye that its desolation draweth nigh.' [Luke 21:20]

Augustine · 4th century · Ep. 199, 31
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