MATTHEW 24:16

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

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Matthew 24:16 Translation & Meaning

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Then τότε The when, i.e., at the time that (of the past or future, also in consecution) Then
let φευγέτωσαν To run away (literally or figuratively); by implication, to shun; by analogy, to vanish let
them οἱ The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) them
which be οἱ The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) which be
in ἐν "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc in
Judaea Ἰουδαίᾳ The Judaean land (i.e., Judaea), a region of Palestine Judaea
flee φευγέτωσαν To run away (literally or figuratively); by implication, to shun; by analogy, to vanish flee
into ἐπί Properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc into
the τὰ The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
mountains: ὄρη A mountain (as lifting itself above the plain) mountains

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  • 14  And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

  • 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:)

  • 16  Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

  • 17  Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

  • 18  Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.




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