Luke 21:20. Compassed with armies. The plainest and most graphic form of the prediction. Luke, writing for Gentile readers, does not refer to Daniel's prophecy, but speaks of its fulfilment. We prefer this view to that which finds a different sign here; see on Matthew 25:15. There was abundant time, after the first approach of the Roman armies, for the Christians to flee: her desolation did not then begin, but was at hand.

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