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Definition
The destruction of that which is sacred. A phrase that appears in Matthew 24:15 and Mark 13:14, where it may describe the Roman destruction of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem (AD 70). This echoes the reference in Daniel, (Daniel 11:31; Daniel 12:11 'the abomination that causes desolation'.
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Big ideas: Temple, tabernacle
- Today's New International Version
- 15'So when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination that causes desolation,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel - let the reader understand -
- King James Version
- 15When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
- Today's New International Version
- 14'When you see 'the abomination that causes desolation' standing where it does not belong - let the reader understand - then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
- King James Version
- 14But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
- Today's New International Version
- 31'His armed forces will rise up to desecrate the temple fortress and will abolish the daily sacrifice. Then they will set up the abomination that causes desolation.
- King James Version
- 31And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
- Today's New International Version
- 11'From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.
- King James Version
- 11And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
1) In the Bible a member of the Hebrew race
2) Someone who belongs to the Jewish faith which believes in one God and the importance of Jewish Law.
The city on a hill (Mt. Zion) which King David captured and made the capital of Israel. It was the site of the Temple built by Solomon and of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Today it is still a holy city for Jews, Christians and Muslims.
1. Key Old Testament figure, exiled to Babylon.
2. Old Testament book which tells the story of Daniel and includes apocalyptic visions.