Compassed with armies (κυκλουμενην υπο στρατοπεδων). Present passive participle of κυκλοω, to circle, encircle, from κυκλος, circl…

When you shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies.—See Notes on Matthew 23:15-21; Mark 13:14–19. This is St. …

And it is so even to this day. Here is another instance in which the Lord instructed his people to expect his coming, and yet at the same time told…

The Venerable Bede: Until now our Lord had been speaking of those things that were to happen for forty years, but the end was n…

The destruction of Jerusalem. The reference to Jerusalem (v.20) need not be construed as a vaticinium ex eventu (a prophecy put in the mouth of Jes…

And when you shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies
The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Persic versions read, "with an…

With much curiosity, those around Christ ask about the time when the great desolation would occur. He answers with clarity and fullness, to the ext…