Which God created (ην εκτισεν ο θεος). Note this amplification to the quotation from Da 12:1.

But when you shall see.—See Notes on Matthew 24:15-28.

Standing where it ought not.—St. …

Glossa Ordinaria: After speaking of the things that were to happen before the destruction of the city, the Lord now foretells …

The primary temporal reference now shifts back to the End. The language here looks forward to the Great Tribulation that will precede the End. Mark…

For in those days shall be affliction: What with the close siege of the Romans; the fury of the zealots, and seditious; t…

The Jews, by rebelling against the Romans and persecuting the Christians, hastened their own ruin swiftly. Here we have a prediction of that ruin, …