matthew-24:15

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 24:15

Mark saith, Mark 13:14, standing where it ought not. Here are two questions: 1. What is here meant by the abomination of desolation. 2. What text in Daniel our Lord refers to. As to the latter, there are three places in Daniel which mention it: Daniel 9:27, for the overspreading of abominations, or, as it is in the margin, with the abominable armies he shall make it desolate. Daniel 11:31, They shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. Daniel 12:11, From the time that the daily... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 24:15-28

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 24:15. The abomination of desolation.—I.e. “the abomination that maketh desolate,” “the act of sacrilege, which is a sign and a cause of desolation.” What special act of sacrilege is referred to cannot be determined for certain. The expression may refer (1) To the besieging army. Cf. the parallel passage in Luke, “When ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies.” Lightfoot, Hor. Hebr., translatesDaniel 9:27; Daniel 9:27 in this sense: “Until the wing (or army) of... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:1-51

Chapter 24Now Jesus went out ( Matthew 24:1 ),Left the house desolate. He is rejected now. They've rejected Him, now He has rejected them. Leave the house desolate; you're not going to see me again until you are saying, "blessed is he who comes in the name of Lord."And so they are not going to see Him, until He comes, until He comes again.So as Jesus was going out,and departing from the temple: his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple ( Matthew 24:1 ).They were... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 24:1-51

Matthew 24:1 . The buildings of the temple. Herod had gradually rebuilt the temple, taking down one part, and raising it anew, so that the worship was not interrupted. Hence it was still the second temple renovated; the vessels, the priests, and even all the stones fit for use were still employed. After consulting a body of sacred critics on this subject, I find Dr. Lightfoot bears the palm. He does not detail lexicons, but being himself a rabbin of the first class, he everywhere... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 24:15-19

Matthew 24:15-19When ye therefore shall the abomination of desolation. The great judgmentThe prophecy was by no means exhausted by what happened to Jerusalem. Though it begins there, it does not stop there. History repeats itself.1. Were the last days of Jerusalem calamitous days, times of great tribulation, violence, and war-so will it be at the ending period of the present world.2. Jerusalem’s day of judgment come on in a seemingly natural course of things-so also will it be at the coming of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 24:15

15 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:) Ver. 15. The abomination of desolation ] That is, antichrist, say some interpreters; and hitherto may fitly be referred that of Baronius, who in his annals of the year 964, reckoning up some popes monstrously wicked, he calleth them "the abomination of desolation standing in God’s temple." Others understand it to be the Roman eagles or... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 24:15

ye: Mark 13:14, Luke 19:43, Luke 21:20 by: Daniel 9:27, Daniel 12:11 whoso: Ezekiel 40:4, Daniel 9:23, Daniel 9:25, Daniel 10:12-2 Chronicles :, Hebrews 2:1, Revelation 1:3, Revelation 3:22 Reciprocal: Numbers 24:24 - and shall afflict Eber Deuteronomy 27:15 - an abomination Deuteronomy 28:52 - General 2 Kings 6:10 - sent to the place Nehemiah 11:18 - the holy Psalms 48:1 - mountain Psalms 74:4 - they set Proverbs 3:25 - neither Proverbs 22:3 - prudent Isaiah 14:32 - trust in it Jeremiah... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 24:15

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:)When ye see the abomination of desolation — Daniel's term is, The abomination that maketh desolate, Daniel 11:31; that is, the standards of the desolating legions, on which they bear the abominable images of their idols: Standing in the holy place - Not only the temple and the mountain on which it stood, but the whole city of Jerusalem, and... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 24:15

III. A DESCRIPTION OF THE TRIALS OF THE SIEGE, CLOSING WITH A CONTRAST BETWEEN THE COMING OF THE FALSE MESSIAHS AND THE TRUE LIGHTNING-LIKE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN, Matthew 24:15-27. 15. Abomination of desolation The desolating abomination. The Roman army, which was an abomination as being pagan, and desolating as being conquering and devastating. Stand in the holy place Luke says: “When ye shall see Jerusalem encompassed with armies.” Mark says: “When ye shall see the... read more