VEE. 20—24. ST. LUKE. 681 24. And they shallfallby the edge of the sword, andshallbe led away captiveintoallnations: and Jerusalemshallbe trodden down of the Gentiles, untilthetimesofthe Gentilesbe fulfilled. BEDE. Hithertoour Lord had been speakingof those thingswhich were to come topassforfortyyears,the end notyet coming. He now describesthe veryend itselfof thedesolation,whichwas accomplishedby theRoman army; asitissaid,And when ye shallseeJerusalemcompassed,fyc. EUSEB.By the desolationof Jerusalem,He means that it wasneveragain to be set up, or itslegalritesto be re established,so thatno one shouldexpect,afterthe coming siegeand desolation,any restorationto takeplace,as there wasin the time of the Persianking,Antiochusthe Great, and Pompey. AUG. These words of our Lord, Luke hasAug.ad hererelatedto shew, that the abominationof desolation^0*199' whichwas prophesiedby Daniel,and ofwhich Matthew and Mat.2*. Mark had spoken,was fulfilledat the siegeof Jerusalem.^j11* AMBROSE.For the Jews thought thatthe abominationof desolationtook placewhen the Romans, in mockery of a Jewishobservance,casta pig'sheadintothetemple.EUSEB. Now our Lord,foreseeingthattherewould be a faminein thecity,warned His disciplesin the siegethatwas coming, .nottobetakethemselvestothecityasa placeofrefuge,and underGod'sprotection,butrathertodepartfromthence,and fleeto the mountains. BEDE. The ecclesiasticalhistoryre-Ecc.lates,thatalltheChristianswho wereinJudaea,when thede-litjstjjj structionofJerusalemwas approaching,beingwarnedof the=•*• Lord,departedfromthatplace,and dweltbeyondtheJordan ina citycalledPella,untilthedesolationofJudaeawasended. AUG. And beforethis,Matthew and Mark said,And letAug.him thatison thehousetopnot come down intohishouse;utsup" and Mark added,neitherenterthereinto takeany thingout of hishouse; in placeofwhichLuke subjoins,And letthem whichareinthemidstofitdepartout. BEDE. But how, while the citywas alreadycompassed withan army,weretheytodepartout? exceptthatthepre cedingword " then"istobe referred,not tothe actualtime