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Matthew 24:21
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For at that time there will be great distress,
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor euer shall be.
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.
"For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will again.
"For at that time there will be a great tribulation (pressure, distress, oppression), such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will [again].
"For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.
For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.
For at that time there will be great tribulation, unmatched from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.
This will be the worst time of suffering since the beginning of the world, and nothing this terrible will ever happen again.
For there will be trouble then worse than there has ever been from the beginning of the world until now, and there will be nothing like it again!
for then shall there be great tribulation, such as has not been from [the] beginning of [the] world until now, nor ever shall be;
because it will be a time of great trouble. There will be more trouble than has ever happened since the beginning of the world. And nothing as bad as that will ever happen again.
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the worlde to this time, nor shalbe.
For then will be great suffering, such as has never happened from the beginning of the world until now, and never will be again.
For the trouble at that time will be far more terrible than any there has ever been, from the beginning of the world to this very day. Nor will there ever be anything like it again.
For at that time there will be great tribulation, such as has not happened from the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will happen.
For there will be great affliction, such as has not happened from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.
for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.
Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be.
for then will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.
For at that time there will be great suffering,tribulation">[fn] the kind that has not happened from the beginning of the world until now and certainly will never happen again.Daniel 9:26; 12:1; Joel 2:2;">[xr]
For then shall be the great affliction, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, neither shall be (again).
For there will then be great distress, such as hath not been from the commencement of the world, until now, and will not be.
For then shalbe great tribulation, such as was not since the begynnyng of the worlde, to this tyme, nor shalbe.
for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.
for then will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world to this time, nor ever shall be.
for it will be a time of great suffering, such as never has been from the beginning of the world till now, and assuredly never will be again.
For thanne schal be greet tribulacioun, what maner `was not fro the bigynnyng of the world to now, nether schal be maad.
for then shall be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor shall ever be.
For then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
For then there will be great suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.
For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.
For there will be greater anguish than at any time since the world began. And it will never be so great again.
In those days there will be very much trouble and pain and sorrow. It has never been this bad from the beginning of the world and never will be again.
For at that time there will be great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.
For there will be then, Great tribulation, such as hath not happened, from the beginning of the world, until the present time, neither in any wise shall happen.
For there shall be then great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, neither shall be.
For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.
For then shalbe greate tribulacio suche as was not fro the beginninge of the worlde to this tyme ner shalbe.
for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be.
For then shal there be greate trouble, soch as was not from the begynnynge of the worlde vnto this tyme, ner shalbe.
for the desolation will be so dreadful, the like was never seen since the beginning of the world, no, nor ever shall be again.
"This is going to be trouble on a scale beyond what the world has ever seen, or will see again. If these days of trouble were left to run their course, nobody would make it. But on account of God's chosen people, the trouble will be cut short.
This time is gonna be plumb awful. Nothin' like this has ever been seen or will ever be seen again.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Psalms 69:22-28, Isaiah 65:12-16, Isaiah 66:15, Isaiah 66:16, Daniel 9:26, Daniel 12:1, Joel 1:2, Joel 2:2, Zechariah 11:8, Zechariah 11:9, Zechariah 14:2, Zechariah 14:3, Malachi 4:1, Mark 13:9, Luke 19:43, Luke 19:44, Luke 21:24, 1 Thessalonians 2:16, Hebrews 10:26-29
Reciprocal: Exodus 9:24 - none like 2 Kings 21:12 - whosoever Psalms 37:18 - the days Isaiah 30:17 - till ye Jeremiah 12:12 - no Jeremiah 30:7 - so Lamentations 1:12 - if Lamentations 4:6 - the punishment Ezekiel 5:9 - that which Ezekiel 7:5 - General Daniel 9:12 - for under Zechariah 13:8 - two Matthew 21:41 - He will Mark 13:19 - in those Luke 13:3 - ye shall Romans 9:28 - and cut 1 Corinthians 10:13 - hath 1 Peter 4:10 - good
Cross-References
Abraham was now very old, and the Lord had blessed him in every way.
Abraham said to him, "No! Don't take my son back there.
The Lord , the God of heaven, brought me from the home of my father and the land of my relatives. And he promised me, ‘I will give this land to your descendants.' The Lord will send his angel before you to help you get a wife for my son there.
The servant said, " Lord , God of my master Abraham, allow me to find a wife for his son today. Please show this kindness to my master Abraham.
Rebekah said, "Drink, sir." She quickly lowered the jar from her shoulder and gave him a drink.
So she quickly poured all the water from her jar into the drinking trough for the camels. Then she kept running to the well until she had given all the camels enough to drink.
But the servant said to them, "Do not make me wait, because the Lord has made my trip successful. Now let me go back to my master."
Thank the Lord because he is good. His love continues forever.
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his love and for the miracles he does for people.
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his love and for the miracles he does for people.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For then shall be great tribulation,.... This is urged as a reason for their speedy flight; since the calamity that would come upon those who should remain in the city, what through the sword, famine, pestilence, murders, robberies, c. would
be such as was not since the beginning of the world, to this time, no, nor ever shall be. The burning of Sodom and Gomorrha, the bondage of the children of Israel in Egypt, their captivity in Babylon, and all their distresses and afflictions in the times of the Maccabees, are nothing to be compared with the calamities which befell the Jews in the siege and destruction of Jerusalem. Great desolations have been made in the besieging and at the taking of many famous cities, as Troy, Babylon, Carthage, c. but none of them are to be mentioned with the deplorable case of this city. Whoever reads Josephus's account will be fully convinced of this and readily join with him, who was an eyewitness of it, when he says m, that
"never did any city suffer such things, nor was there ever any generation that more abounded in malice or wickedness.''
And indeed, all this came upon them for their impenitence and infidelity, and for their rejection and murdering of the Son of God for as never any before, or since, committed the sin they did, or ever will, so there never did, or will, the same calamity befall a nation, as did them.
m De Bello Jud. l. 6. c. 11.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
There shall be great tribulation - The word “tribulation” means calamity or “suffering.” Luke Luke 21:24 has specified in what this tribulation would consist: “They shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations, and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles shall be fulfilled.” That is, until the time allotted for the Gentiles “to do it” shall be fully accomplished, or as long as God is pleased to suffer them to do it.
The first thing mentioned by Luke is, that they should fall “by the edge of the sword” - that is, would be slain in war, as the sword was then principally used in war. This was most strikingly fulfilled. Josephus, in describing it, uses almost the very words of our Saviour. “All the calamities, says he, which had befallen any nation from the beginning of the world” were but small in comparison with those of the Jews. - Jewish Wars, b. i. preface, section 4.
He has given the following account of one part of the massacre when the city was taken: “And now, rushing into the city, they slew whomsoever they found, without distinction, and burned the houses and all the people who had fled into them; and when they entered for the sake of plunder, they found whole families of dead persons, and houses full of carcasses destroyed by famine, then they came out with their hands empty. And though they thus pitied the dead, they had not the same emotion for the living, but killed all they met, whereby they filled the lanes with dead bodies. “The whole city ran with blood,” insomuch that many things which were burning were extinguished by the blood.” - “Jewish Wars,” b. 6 chapter 8, section 5; chapter 9, section 2, 3. He adds that in the siege of Jerusalem not fewer than “eleven hundred thousand” perished (Jewish Wars, b. 6 chapter 9, section 3) - a number almost half as great as are in the whole city of London. In the adjacent provinces no fewer than “two hundred and fifty thousand” are reckoned to have been slain; making in all whose deaths were ascertained the almost incredible number of “one million three hundred and fifty thousand” who were put to death.
These were not, indeed, all slain with the sword. Many were crucified. “Many hundreds,” says Josephus (“Jewish Wars,” b. v. chapter 11, section 1), “were first whipped, then tormented with various kinds of tortures, and finally crucified; the Roman soldiers nailing them (out of the wrath and hatred they bore to the Jews), one after one way and another after another, to crosses, “by way of jest,” until at length the multitude became so great that room was lacking for crosses, and crosses for the bodies.” So terribly was their imprecation fulfilled - “his blood be on us and on our children,” Matthew 27:25. If it be asked how it was possible for so many people to be slain in a single city, it is to be remembered that the siege of Jerusalem commenced during the time of the Passover, when all the males of the Jews were required to be there, and when it is estimated that more than “three million” were usually assembled. See Josephus, Jewish Wars, b. 6 chapter 9, section 3, 4.
A horrible instance of the distress of Jerusalem is related by Josephus. The famine during the siege became so great that they ate what the most sordid animals refused to touch. A woman of distinguished rank, having been plundered by the soldiers, in hunger, rage, and despair, killed and roasted her own babe, and had eaten one half of it before the deed was discovered. - Jewish Wars, b. 6 chapter 3, section 3, 4. This cruel and dreadful act was also in fulfillment of prophecy, Deuteronomy 28:53, Deuteronomy 28:56-57.
Another thing added by Luke Luke 21:24, was, that “they should be led away captive into all nations.” Josephus informs us that the captives taken during the whole war amounted to “ninety-seven thousand.” The tall and handsome young men Titus reserved for triumph; of the rest, many were distributed through the Roman provinces to be destroyed by wild beasts in theaters; many were sent to the works in Egypt; many, especially those under seventeen years of age, were sold for slaves. - Jewish Wars, b. vi. chapter 9, section 2, 3.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 24:21. For then shall be great tribulation — No history can furnish us with a parallel to the calamities and miseries of the Jews:-rapine, murder, famine, and pestilence within: fire and sword, and all the horrors of war, without. Our Lord wept at the foresight of these calamities; and it is almost impossible for any humane person to read the relation of them in Josephus without weeping also. St. Luke, Luke 21:22, calls these the days of vengeance, that all things which were written might be fulfilled. 1. These were the days in which all the calamities predicted by Moses, Joel, Daniel, and other prophets, as well as those predicted by our Saviour, met in one common centre, and were fulfilled in the most terrible manner on that generation. 2. These were the days of vengeance in another sense, as if God's judgments had certain periods and revolutions; for it is remarkable that the temple was burned by the Romans in the same month, and on the same day of the month, on which it had been burned by the Babylonians. See Josephus, WAR, b. vi. c. 4.
