JESUS warned:
Matthew 24:15
King James Version
15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation,
spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
stand in the holy place,
(whoso readeth, let him understand:)
What is the "abomination of desolation" the LORD JESUS spoke of?
We understand, from the verse, that it will "stand in the holy place".
It's time we looked into the Bible versions:
Matthew 24:15
Amplified Bible
Perilous Times
15 “So when you see the [a]abomination of desolation [the appalling sacrilege that astonishes and makes desolate], spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy Place (let the [b]reader understand),
Matthew 24:15
Common English Bible
The great suffering
15 “When you see the disgusting and destructive thing that Daniel talked about standing in the holy place (the reader should understand this),
Matthew 24:15
Complete Jewish Bible
15 “So when you see the abomination that causes devastation spoken about through the prophet Dani’el standing in the Holy Place”[a] (let the reader understand the allusion),
Matthew 24:15
Contemporary English Version
The Horrible Thing
(Mark 13.14-23; Luke 21.20-24)
15 Someday you will see that “Horrible Thing” in the holy place, just as the prophet Daniel said. Everyone who reads this must try to understand!
Matthew 24:15
Easy-to-Read Version
15 “Daniel the prophet spoke about ‘the terrible thing that causes destruction.’[a] You will see this terrible thing standing in the holy place.” (You who read this should understand what it means.)
Matthew 24:15
Expanded Bible
15 “You will see ‘·a blasphemous object that brings destruction [T the abomination of desolation; C a phrase taken from Dan. 9:27; 11:31; 12:11, and originally referring to the desecration of the Temple by Antiochus Epiphanes in 168 bc],’ which Daniel the prophet spoke about. ·It [or He] will be standing in the holy place.” (You who read this should understand what it means [C probably a reference to the soon-to-occur destruction of Jerusalem in ad 70].)
Matthew 24:15
GOD’S WORD Translation
15 “The prophet Daniel said that the disgusting thing that will cause destruction will stand in the holy place. When you see this (let the reader take note),
Matthew 24:15
Good News Translation
The Awful Horror
15 “You will see ‘The Awful Horror’ of which the prophet Daniel spoke. It will be standing in the holy place.” (Note to the reader: understand what this means!)
Matthew 24:15
International Children’s Bible
15 “Daniel the prophet spoke about ‘the horrible thing that destroys.’[a] You will see this terrible thing standing in the holy place.” (You who read this should understand what it means.)
Matthew 24:15
International Standard Version
Signs of the End
15 “So when you see the destructive desecration, mentioned by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy Place (let the reader take note),[a]
Matthew 24:15
The Message
The Monster of Desecration
15-20 “But be ready to run for it when you see the monster of desecration set up in the Temple sanctuary. The prophet Daniel described this. If you’ve read Daniel, you’ll know what I’m talking about.
Matthew 24:15
Names of God Bible
15 “The prophet Daniel said that the disgusting thing that will cause destruction will stand in the holy place. When you see this (let the reader take note),
Matthew 24:15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
15 “When you see the desolating abomination[a] spoken of through Daniel the prophet standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),
Matthew 24:15
New Century Version
15 “Daniel the prophet spoke about ‘a blasphemous object that brings destruction.’[a] You will see this standing in the holy place.” (You who read this should understand what it means.)
Matthew 24:15
New International Reader's Version
15 “The prophet Daniel spoke about ‘the hated thing that destroys.’ (Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11) Someday you will see it standing in the holy place. The reader should understand this.
Matthew 24:15
New International Version
15 “So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’[a] spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand—
Matthew 24:15
New Life Version
Days of Trouble and Pain and Sorrow
15 “You will see a sinful man-made god standing in the house of God in Jerusalem. It was spoken of by the early preacher Daniel. The one who reads this should understand it.
Matthew 24:15
New Living Translation
15 “The day is coming when you will see what Daniel the prophet spoke about—the sacrilegious object that causes desecration[a] standing in the Holy Place.” (Reader, pay attention!)
Matthew 24:15
New Matthew Bible
15 When you therefore see the abomination that betokens desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet stand in the holy place, let him who reads it, understand it.
Matthew 24:15
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The Desolating Sacrilege
15 “So when you see the desolating sacrilege standing in the holy place, as was spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
Matthew 24:15
New Testament for Everyone
The Desolating Sacrilege
15 ‘So when you see “the sacrilege that desolates”, as Daniel the prophet put it, “standing in the holy place” (the reader should understand),
Mattityahu 24:15
Orthodox Jewish Bible
15 Therefore, when you see the SHIKUTS MESHOMEM [Mk 13:14] (Abomination of Desolation), the thing spoken through Daniel HaNavi, having stood in the Makom Kadosh (Holy Place, i.e., the Beis Hamikdash)—let the reader understand!
Matthew 24:15
Revised Standard Version
The Desolating Sacrilege
15 “So when you see the desolating sacrilege spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),
Matthew 24:15
Worldwide English (New Testament)
15 `Daniel the prophet said that people would put something very bad in the temple.' (Let the one who reads this understand it.)
Matthew 24:15
Wycliffe Bible
15 Therefore when ye see the abomination of discomfort [Therefore when ye shall see the abomination of discording], that is said of Daniel, the prophet, standing in the holy place; he that readeth, understand he [he that readeth, understand];
In SUMMARY, the "abomination of desolation" refers to:
abomination of desolation [the appalling sacrilege that astonishes and makes desolate]
the disgusting and destructive thing
the abomination that causes devastation
that “Horrible Thing”
‘the terrible thing that causes destruction.’
a blasphemous object that brings destruction
the disgusting thing that will cause destruction
‘The Awful Horror’
‘the horrible thing that destroys.’
the destructive desecration
the monster of desecration
the disgusting thing that will cause destruction
the desolating abomination
‘a blasphemous object that brings destruction.’
‘the hated thing that destroys.’
‘the abomination that causes desolation,’
a sinful man-made god
the sacrilegious object that causes desecration
the abomination that betokens desolation
the desolating sacrileg
“the sacrilege that desolates”
SHIKUTS MESHOMEM (Abomination of Desolation)
the desolating sacrilege
something very bad
the abomination of discomfort [Therefore when ye shall see the abomination of discording]
If JESUS said this "abomination of desolation" will "stand in the holy place", then this abomination is the same spoken of by apostle Paul:
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4
King James Version
3 Let no man deceive you by any means:
for that day shall not come,
except there come a falling away first,
and that man of sin be revealed,
the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself
above all that is called God,
or that is worshipped;
so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God,
shewing himself that he is God.
This is also the same abomination spoken of by prophet Daniel:
Daniel 8:23-25
King James Version
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom,
when the transgressors are come to the full,
a king of fierce countenance,
and understanding dark sentences,
shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty,
but not by his own power:
and he shall destroy wonderfully,
and shall prosper,
and practise,
and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also
he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand;
and he shall magnify himself in his heart,
and by peace shall destroy many:
he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;
but he shall be broken without hand.
Daniel 9:27
King James Version
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many
for one week:
and in the midst of the week
he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,
and for the overspreading of abominations
he shall make it desolate,
even until the consummation,
and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Daniel 11:31
King James Version
31 And 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.
Daniel 12:11
King James Version
11 And 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.
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