A.T. Robertson Commentary Matthew 24:16

"then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains:" — Matthew 24:16 (ASV)

Flee unto the mountains (φευγετωσαν εις τα ορη). The mountains east of the Jordan. Eusebius (H.E. iii,5,3) says that the Christians actually fled to Pella at the foot of the mountains about seventeen miles south of the Sea of Galilee. They remembered the warning of Jesus and fled for safety.