Mark 13:8

Mark 13:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
• New International Version (NIV)Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. These are but the beginning of the birth pains.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines and troubles. These are the beginnings of sorrows.

Context of Mark 13:8

6Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and they will deceive many. 7When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don’t be alarmed; these things must take place, but it is not yet the end. For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains. 9“But you, be on your guard! They will hand you over to local courts, and you will be flogged in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them. 10And it is necessary that the gospel be preached to all nations.

Mark 13:8 word by word

ἐγερθήσεται γὰρ ἔθνος ἐπ᾽ ἔθνος καὶ βασιλεία ἐπὶ βασιλείαν· ἔσονται σεισμοὶ κατὰ τόπους· ἔσονται λιμοί ἀρχὴ ὠδίνων ταῦτα.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• nationἔθνοςethnos · GentilesG1484
• shall riseἐγείρωegeirō · to ariseG1453
• againstἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• kingdomβασιλείαbasileia · kingdomG932
• there shall beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• earthquakesσεισμόςseismos · earthquakeG4578
• inκατάkata · according toG2596
• divers placesτόποςtopos · placeG5117
• faminesλιμόςlimos · hungerG3042
• troublesταραχήtarachē · disturbanceG5016
• theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• the beginningsἀρχήarchē · beginningG746
• of sorrowsὠδίνōdin · laborG5604

Cross-references for Mark 13:8

• 2 Chronicles 15:6Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, for God troubled them with every possible distress.
• Isaiah 19:2I will provoke Egyptians against Egyptians; each will fight against his brother and each against his friend, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.
• Jeremiah 25:32“This is what the Lord of Armies says: Pay attention! Disaster spreads from nation to nation. A huge storm is stirred up from the ends of the earth.”
• Haggai 2:22I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the Gentile kingdoms. I will overturn chariots and their riders. Horses and their riders will fall, each by his brother’s sword.
• Zechariah 14:13On that day a great panic from the Lord will be among them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of one will rise against the other.
• Revelation 6:4Then another horse went out, a fiery red one, and its rider was allowed to take peace from the earth, so that people would slaughter one another. And a large sword was given to him.
• Acts 11:28One of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world. This took place during the reign of Claudius.
• Matthew 24:8All these events are the beginning of labor pains.
• Psalms 48:6Trembling seized them there, agony like that of a woman in labor,
• Isaiah 37:3They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: ‘Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace. It is as if children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them.
• Jeremiah 4:31I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child. The cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands: “Woe is me, for my life is weary because of the murderers!”
• Jeremiah 6:24We have heard about it, and our hands have become weak. Distress has seized us — pain, like a woman in labor.
• Jeremiah 13:21What will you say when he appoints close friends as leaders over you, ones you yourself trained? Won’t labor pains seize you, as they do a woman in labor?
• Jeremiah 22:23You residents of Lebanon, nestled among the cedars, how you will groan when pains come on you, agony like a woman in labor.
• Jeremiah 49:24Damascus has become weak; she has turned to run; panic has gripped her. Distress and labor pains have seized her like a woman in labor.
• Jeremiah 50:43The king of Babylon has heard about them; his hands have become weak. Distress has seized him — pain, like a woman in labor.

Commentaries on Mark 13:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8The beginnings - For , many MSS. and versions have , the beginning, singular.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-13Verses 5-13 Our Lord Jesus, in reply to the disciples' question, does not so much satisfy their curiosity as direct their consciences. When many are deceived, we should thereby be awakened to look to ourselves. And the disciples of Christ, if it be not their own fault, may enjoy holy security and peace of mind, when all around is in disorder. But they must take heed that they are not drawn away from Christ and their duty to him, by the sufferings they…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-23Scholars often divide this section into two parts, 13:5–13 and 13:14–23. The first part is often interpreted as describing the destruction of Jerusalem, which occurred in AD 70, while the second part is taken to describe the coming of the Son of Man in the future. It is best, however, to interpret all of 13:5–23 as describing events surrounding the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 because: 13:5–23 is the answer from Jesus to the two questions (13:4) that…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. These are the beginnings of sorrows--"of travail-pangs," to which heavy calamities are compared. (See Jr 4:31, &c.). The annals of Tacitus tell us how the Roman world was convulsed, before the destruction of Jerusalem, by rival claimants of the imperial purple.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Mark 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings