Whom he chose (ους εξελεξατο). Indirect aorist middle indicative. In Mark alone. Explains the sovereign choice of God in the end b…

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…

And except that the Lord had shortened those days
Had determined that those days of affliction should be but few, an…

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