Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Standing where he ought not (esthkota opou ou dei). Matthew 24:15 has "standing in the holy place" (estov en topoi agiw), neuter and agreeing with bdelugma (abomination), the very phrase applied in 1Macc. 1:54 to the altar to Zeus erected by Antiochus Epiphanes where the altar to Jehovah was. Mark personifies the abomination as personal (masculine), while Luke 21:20 defines it by reference to the armies (of Rome, as it turned out). So the words of Daniel find a second fulfilment, Rome taking the place of Syria (Swete). See on Matthew 24:15 for this phrase and the parenthesis inserted in the words of Jesus ("Let him that readeth understand"). See also on Matthew 24:16-25 for discussion of details in Mark 13:14-22.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 24:15
Mark 13:14
Luke 16:15
Luke 21:20
Revelation 12:6
Revelation 17:4
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