King James Version
Matthew 24:16 in the King James Version says “Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:”
Matthew 24:16 · KJV
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.
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:)
Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“flee”
G5343to run away (literally or figuratively); by implication, to shun; by analogy, to vanish
“into”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
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