...mountain/' The meaning of this passage is clearly and fully explained by the parallel place in St. Luke : " when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh." The abomination of desolation therefore denotes the Roman army * Chap. ix. 27. which besieged Jerusalem,...

...sake. But there shall not a hair of yp.ur head perish. In your patience possess ye your souls. And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies,...midst of it depart out : and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written...

...name's sake. But there shall not a hair of your head perish. In your patience possess ye your souls. And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies,...desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judcn flee to the mountains ; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out : and let not them...

...understand ) ; then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains : " And again ( Luke, xxi. 20 ) ; " When ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh." The words in verse 27, "overspreading abomination" are rendered] in the Septuagiut, — according to...

...18 But there shall not a hair of your head perish. 19 In your patience possess ye your souls. 20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 21 Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains ; and let them which are in the midst of...

...being brought before kings and rulers, for ray name's sake. And it shall be to you for a witness. And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. There shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people, and they shall fall by the edge...

...Our Saviour gave his followers a sign to warn them to escape from Jerusalem before its destruction. " When ye shall see Jerusalem compassed " with armies, then know that the deso" lation thereof is nigh : then let them ' • which are in Judea flee to the mountains, " &c....

...admonitions 9 which Christ is represented to have given to his followers to save themselves by ' " When ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies,...let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains; then let them which are in the midst of it depart out, and let not them that are in the countries enter...

...themselves, have missed of doing. 4. The admonitions t which Christ is represented to * Acts, xi. 28. f " When ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies,...let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains; then let them which are in the midst of it depart out, and let not them that are in the countries enter...

...Jerusalem comclosed w:: Ii armies, theu know that the desol«> inn thereof is nigh. 21 Then let themswhich are in Judea flee to the mountains ; and let them...midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. 22 For these he the days of vengeance, that all things which are...