And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
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Gill's Exposition
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword,.... Or "mouth of the sword", an Hebraism; see the Septuagint in Jdg 1:8. The number of those that perished by the famine and sword, were eleven hundred…
The account of the destruction of Jerusalem contained in this chapter has been fully considered in the notes at Matt. 24. All that will be necessary here will be an explanation of a few words that did…
Having given them an idea of the times for about thirty-eight years next ensuing, he here comes to show them what all those things would issue in at last, namely, the destruction of Jerusalem, and the…
Cambridge Bible
Jerusalem compassed with armies See on Luk 19:43, and Jos. B.J. v. 2, § 6, 12. Some regard this as the "abomination that maketh desolate."
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