14 Dn 9.27;11.31;12.11; 1 Macc 1.54; 6.7.Someday you will see that "Horrible Thing" where it should not be.13.14 where it should not be: Probably the holy place in the temple. Everyone who reads this must try to understand! If you are living in Judea at that time, run to the mountains. 15 Lk 17.31.If you are on the roof13.15 roof: See the note at 2.4. of your house, don’t go inside to get anything. 16 If you are out in the field, don’t go back for your coat. 17 It will be an awful time for women who are expecting babies or nursing young children. 18 Pray that it won’t happen in winter.13.18 in winter: In Palestine the winters are cold and rainy and make travel difficult.19 Dn 12.1;Rev 7.14.This will be the worst time of suffering since God created the world, and nothing this terrible will ever happen again. 20 If the Lord doesn’t make the time shorter, no one will be left alive. But because of his chosen and special ones, he will make the time shorter.
21 If someone should say, "Here is the Messiah!" or "There he is!" don’t believe it. 22 False messiahs and false prophets will come and work miracles and signs. They will even try to fool God’s chosen ones. 23 But be on your guard! That’s why I am telling you these things now.
When the Son of Man Appears
Matthew 24:29-31; Luke 21:25-28