Mark 13 · a question people ask
What is "the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet" (13:14)?
Mark doesn't say. Jesus names Daniel, but he gives no words from Daniel in quotation marks, and Mark doesn't say which of Daniel's words he means. He says only that it will be seen "standing where it ought not" (13:14), and then the words "(let the reader understand)" (13:14) stand outside his quotation marks in the WEB. What the chapter does say is what to do when it is seen: "then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house. Let him who is in the field not return back to take his cloak" (13:14-16). These notes don't say what it is or which words of Daniel are meant; Favor's chapters on Daniel will read Daniel's own words.
The verses
““But when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not” (let the reader understand), “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house. Let him who is in the field not return back to take his cloak.”