Mark 13:14-20 “But when you see that disgusting thing that causes total destruction : i.e., the Roman army. See Luke standing where it ought not to be i.e., surrounding the besieged city of Jerusalem, (let the reader understand what is meant by this), then those of you in Judea are to run away into the nearby mountains.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁴ “But when you see that disgusting thing that causes total destruction [i.e., the Roman army. See Luke 21:20] standing where it ought not to be [i.e., surrounding the besieged city of Jerusalem], (let the reader understand [what is meant by this]), then those of you in Judea are to run away into the [nearby] mountains. ¹⁵ Also the person who is on a housetop [Note: This was a flat area where people retired for rest, prayer, etc., with its stairway on the outside] should not go down into his house to take anything out [when he flees]. ¹⁶ The person who is in a field [i.e., doing farm work] should not return [to his house] to get his coat [even]. ¹⁷ [It will be] too bad for those who are pregnant and those who are nursing babies in those days. ¹⁸ And pray that [your flight] will not be in the winter. ¹⁹ There will be great trouble during those days, such as had never been from the beginning of God’s creation until the present, or even will be [in the days to come]. ²⁰ And if the Lord had not kept those days as short as they were, no one would have been saved [i.e., from the devastating destruction]. But for the sake of the elect [i.e., God’s people], whom He chose, He kept those days short.