Christ gives his disciples some satisfaction to their question about the signs of the time of the destruction of Jerusalem, and of the temple; and to this end he leads them into the prophecy of Daniel 9:27, to let them know that after the Messiah should be slain, the city and temple should be destroyed. When therefore they should see the armies of the Gentiles (which were abomination to the Jews) to compass about Jerusalem, as is expounded in Luke 21:20, he forbids them to think that the siege should be raised or the city should escape as it had done in former times; for God had destinated the city and the temple at that time to be ruined, as the diligent reader of Daniel might perceive.
Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651)
Matthew 24:15 Meaning – The Abomination of Desolation
God has instruments at his pleasure to destroy strongest cities, and can make those whom men abhor most to be the instrument of their destruction, for The abomination of desolation, the armies of the Gentiles are at his call.
Lest the faithful should still dote upon the ceremonies of the law and figurative shadows, after the Messiah’s coming, it was very needful that the city and temple both, whereunto the sacrifices and chief ceremonies were astricted [limited/constrained/rerstricted], should be destroyed and abolished as the prophet Daniel had foretold.
Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651)
See 1 Maccabees 1:54-59 where the reference is to the desecration of the altar of burnt offerings by an heathen altar erected upon it.
Robertson, A.T. – Commentary on Matthew in The Bible for Home & School (1911)
Matthew 24:15 Meaning – Spoken of by Daniel the Prophet.
See Daniel 9:17; 11:31; 12:11. Luke 21:21 mentions the compassing of Jerusalem with armies. Mark does not refer to Daniel.
Robertson, A.T. – Commentary on Matthew in The Bible for Home & School (1911)
Matthew 24:15 Meaning – In The Holy Place
A distinct reference to a desecration of the temple.
Robertson, A.T. – Commentary on Matthew in The Bible for Home & School (1911)
Matthew 24:15 Meaning – Let Him That Readeth Understand
For understanding of the Word of God, when it is read, careful attention and all means of knowledge must be used. Therefore says he, Let him that readeth understand.
Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651)
In Mark 13:14 this parenthesis naturally seems the warning of the Evangelist. In Matthew it might be the remark of Jesus referring to Daniel, but even in Matthew it may be the word of the Evangelist. If it is the note of the Evangelist, it has some bearing on the date of the Gospel.
Robertson, A.T. – Commentary on Matthew in The Bible for Home & School (1911)
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