ISB ~ Mark 13 v14

the desolating sacrilege:A recurrent expression in Dan 9:27, 11:31, and 12:11.

• The desolating sacrilege in Daniel refers to the Temple’s desecration in 167 B.C. by the villainous Antiochus Epiphanes IV. He sacked the Jerusalem Temple and erected within it an idol of the Greek god Zeus (1 Mac 1:31, 54). According to Jesus, this tragic event prefigures the final profanation of Jerusalem’s Temple by the pagan armies of Rome (Lk 21:20). those …

in Judea flee:Jesus forewarns Christians (13:23) to evacuate Jerusalem when its demise draws near (13:29) and to resist every temptation to defend the city. See note on Mt 24:16.