THEOSISJerome of Stridon
Muscles will rise from it, defiling the sanctuary of strength, ceasing the daily offerings, and introducing the abomination that causes desolation. An alternate translation refers to "seed," implying offspring or a generation. This is believed to denote those sent by Antiochus two years following the temple's plunder to impose taxes on the Jewish people, to dismantle the worship of God, and to erect statues of Jupiter the Olympian and Antiochus in the Jerusalem temple—the latter recognized as the abomination of desolation when the burnt offerings and daily sacrifices were halted. It is posited that this foreshadows the Antichrist, who would claim divinity while seated in the temple of God.
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However, some Jewish scholars contend that this reference is not to Antiochus Epiphanes or the Antichrist but to the Romans. It was previously stated, “And the ships of the Italians and Romans shall come, and he shall be humbled.” They assert that the Romans, who aided Ptolemy against Antiochus, will give rise to King Vespasian, with his forces and progeny emerging—their son Titus leading his army to desecrate the sanctuary, ceasing the daily sacrifices, and consigning the temple to perpetual desolation. The terms "ships" and "Romans," which we have interpreted, refer in the Jewish context to the Italians and Romans.