Mark 13:14

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ ‹But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Ὅταν δὲ ἴδητε τὸ βδέλυγμα τῆς ἐρημώσεως, τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑπὸ Δανιὴλ τοῦ προφήτου, ἑστὼς ὅπου οὐ δεῖ, (ὁ ἀναγινώσκων νοείτω,) τότε οἱ ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ φευγέτωσαν εἰς τὰ ὄρη:

Transliteration

When de you idēte the bdelygma of-the erēmōseōs, the rhēthen by Daniēl the prophētou, hestōs where not dei, (the one anaginōskōn noeitō,) then those in the Ioudaia pheugetōsan into the orē:

Grammar Details

• *de*: conjunction, adversative/continuative - but/and/now
• *idēte*: aorist, subjunctive, active, 2nd plural - you might see
• *bdelygma*: accusative, neuter, singular - abomination
• *erēmōseōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - desolation
• *rhēthen*: aorist participle, passive, accusative, neuter, singular - having been spoken
• *prophētou*: genitive, masculine, singular - prophet
• *hestōs*: perfect participle, active, accusative, neuter, singular - standing/set up
• *dei*: present, indicative, active, impersonal - it is necessary
• *anaginōskōn*: present participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - reading
• *noeitō*: present imperative, active, 3rd singular - let him understand
• *Ioudaia*: dative, feminine, singular - Judea
• *pheugetōsan*: present imperative, active, 3rd plural - let them flee
• *orē*: accusative, neuter, plural - mountains

Word Meanings

• *idēte*: you might see/perceive/notice
• *bdelygma*: abomination/detestable thing
• *erēmōseōs*: desolation/devastation/destruction
• *rhēthen*: having been spoken/said/told
• *hestōs*: standing/set up/established
• *dei*: it is necessary/proper/right
• *anaginōskōn*: reading/recognizing
• *noeitō*: let him understand/comprehend/perceive
• *pheugetōsan*: let them flee/escape/run away
• *orē*: mountains/hills

Referenced Verses

• Dan 9:27 : 27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make [it] desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
• Dan 12:11 : 11 And from the time [that] the daily [sacrifice] shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, [there shall be] a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
• Dan 11:31 : 31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily [sacrifice], and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
• Rev 1:3 : 3 ¶ Blessed [is] he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time [is] at hand.
• Rev 13:18 : 18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number [is] Six hundred threescore [and] six.
• Lam 1:10 : 10 The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen [that] the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command [that] they should not enter into thy congregation.
• Ezek 44:9 : 9 Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that [is] among the children of Israel.
• Dan 8:13 : 13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain [saint] which spake, How long [shall be] the vision [concerning] the daily [sacrifice], and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
• Matt 13:51 : 51 Jesus saith unto them, ‹Have ye understood all these things?› They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
• Matt 24:15-28 : 15 ‹When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)› 16 ‹Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:› 17 ‹Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:› 18 ‹Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.› 19 ‹And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!› 20 ‹But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:› 21 ‹For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.› 22 ‹And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.› 23 ‹Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here› [is] ‹Christ, or there; believe› [it] ‹not.› 24 ‹For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if› [it were] ‹possible, they shall deceive the very elect.› 25 ‹Behold, I have told you before.› 26 ‹Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold,› [he is] ‹in the secret chambers; believe› [it] ‹not.› 27 ‹For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.› 28 ‹For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.›
• Luke 21:20-24 : 20 ¶ ‹And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.› 21 ‹Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.› 22 ‹For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.› 23 ‹But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.› 24 ‹And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.›
• Acts 8:30-31 : 30 And Philip ran thither to [him], and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? 31 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
• 1 Cor 14:7-8 : 7 And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? 8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
• 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.