Matthew 24:15 & Luke 21:20 - Jerusalem surrounded by armies (1st century historical fulfillment?)
Matthew 24:15 & Luke 21:20 (1st century historical fulfillment?)
Matthew 24:14 - Good-news proclaimed (1st century biblical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:15 - Abomination of desolation (1st century understanding & historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:15 & Luke 21:20
Matthew 24:16 - Flee to the mountains (1st century historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:15: "“Therefore when you-see the abomination (of) desolation — the (thing) having-been-spoken through Daniel the prophet — having-stood in (the) holy place (let the (one) reading understand),"
The parallel account to Matthew 24:15 in Luke reads:
Luke 21:20: "“But when you-see Jerusalem being-surrounded by army-encampments, then recognize that her desolation has-drawn-near."
The parallel account to Matthew 24:15 found in Luke 21:20 will be specifically addressed here.
1st century audience?
Jesus said in Luke 21:20 to His 1st century disciples: "“But when YOU-see Jerusalem being-surrounded by army-encampments, then recognize that her desolation has-drawn-near."
Jesus addressed here His 1st century disciples, as 13 verses earlier "THEY-questioned Him" (Luke 21:7).
"Army-encampments?
Jesus said in Luke 21:20: "“But when you-see Jerusalem being-surrounded by ARMY-ENCAMPMENTS, then recognize that her desolation has-drawn-near."
The Greek word for "ARMY-ENCAMPMENTS" [stratopedon 4760 in Greek, noun] used in Luke 21:20 is only used 1 time in the entire New Testament. That Greek word is in part where the Greek word for "SOLDIER" [stratopedarchés 4759 in Greek, noun] comes from, which is also used only 1 time in the entire New Testament: only in Acts 28:16. The same author who would traditionally be believed to have written Luke could also be traditionally believed to have written Acts. In Acts 28:16, the Greek word for "SOLDIER" [stratopedarchés 4759 in Greek, noun] would be used specifically to designate a Roman soldier, as it is written: "when we-entered into ROME, it-was-permitted (to) Paul to-stay by himself, with the SOLDIER [stratopedarchés 4759 in Greek, noun] guarding him" (Acts 28:16).
1st century events
Jesus said in Luke 21:20: "“But when you-see Jerusalem being-surrounded by ARMY-ENCAMPMENTS, then recognize that her desolation has-drawn-near."
The 1st century historian Josephus recorded that Jerusalem in the 1st century was surrounded by Romans armies around the time of the First Jewish-Roman War.
Around April of AD 66, the Roman governor Gessius Florus marched with an army of horsemen and footmen against Jerusalem.
The 1st century historian Josephus wrote in "The Wars of the Jews":
War 2:296 (2.14.6): "“he marched hastily [from Sebaste] with an army of horsemen and footmen against Jerusalem that he might [...] bring the city into subjection"
Later, during the First Jewish-Roman War, Jerusalem was reported to be encompassed by the Roman army.
The 1st century historian Josephus wrote in "The Wars of the Jews":
War 6:428 (6.9.4): "Now this vast multitude is indeed collected out of remote places, but the entire nation was now shut up by fate as in a prison, and the Roman army encompassed the city when it was crowded with inhabitants."
The desolation of Jerusalem followed around AD 70 because of the Roman armies attacking Jerusalem.
The 1st century historian Josephus wrote in "The Wars of the Jews":
(6.10:1): "And thus was Jerusalem taken, in the second year of the reign of Vespasian, on the eight day of the month Gorpieus [Elu]. It had been taken five times before, though this was the second time of its desolation".
Consistent with a 1st century Exodus pattern?
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