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For in those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.
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An Unparalleled Disaster
Commentators like John Gill and Matthew Henry emphasize that this verse describes the historical destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. They argue that the combination of the Roman siege, internal Jewish conflict, famine, and plague created a level of suffering for a single nation that was, and would be, unmatched in history.
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Which God created (ην εκτισεν ο θεος). Note this amplification to the quotation from Da 12:1.
19th Century
Anglican
But when you shall see.—See Notes on Matthew 24:15-28.
Standing where it ought not.—St. …
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For in those days shall be affliction: What with the close siege of the Romans; the fury of the zealots, and seditious; t…
Presbyterian
The Jews, by rebelling against the Romans and persecuting the Christians, hastened their own ruin swiftly. Here we have a prediction of that ruin, …
