When ye therefore shall see] Mark 13:14. the abomination of desolation] From signes more remote he comes now to a neerer one. When Jerusalem shall be beset with a just army, on every side beleaguered, Luke 21:20. look for destruction, without hope of delivery, as before, when by the Caldeans. He means the Romans besieging Jerusalem, and striving to lay it waste in an abominable manner. Some understand this of a siege a little before, by Sstius Florus, because, when Titus besieged it, it was too late to flee, verse 16. by Daniel] Daniel 9:27. in the holy place] In the holy land, before the holy citie, Isaiah 63:18. let him understand] Let him take notice that the temple and the city shall be destroyed, and the people scattered, according to Daniels prophecie, Daniel 9:25. 2 Timothy 2:7.