Matthew 24:8

Matthew 24:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)All these are the beginning of sorrows.
• New International Version (NIV)All these are the beginning of birth pains.
• English Standard Version (ESV)All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.
• New King James Version (NKJV)All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Context of Matthew 24:8

6You will hear about wars. You will hear reports about wars in other places. But you must not be afraid. Those things must happen first, but it is not yet the end of everything. 7People in one country will attack the people in another country. Kings and their armies will fight against other kings and their armies. In some places, people will be hungry, with no food. The ground will shake in many different places. All those things will be like the first pains that a mother has before her baby is born. 9Then people will take hold of you and they will give you pain. They will even kill some of you. People in every country will hate you because you are my disciples. 10At that time, many people who believe in me will stop believing. They will put some of my disciples in the power of their rulers. They will hate each other.

Matthew 24:8 word by word

πάντα δὲ ταῦτα ἀρχὴ ὠδίνων.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• ·δέde · thenG1161
• theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• the beginningἀρχήarchē · beginningG746
• of sorrowsὠδίνōdin · laborG5604

Cross-references for Matthew 24:8

• Leviticus 26:18The people may not obey God even after this. If they do not, God will punish them seven times more strongly.
• Deuteronomy 28:59If you refuse to do that, the Lord will punish you and your descendants more and more. You will have lots of pain and many kinds of terrible disease that will not get better.
• Isaiah 9:12Syria's army came from the east. The Philistines' army came from the west. They destroyed Israel's land, like a hungry animal. But the Lord is still angry. His hand is ready to hit them again.
• Isaiah 10:4You will have to join the people who are in prison. Or you will die with those that the enemy kills in war. But the Lord is still angry. His hand is ready to hit his people again.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:3At that time, people will be saying, ‘We are safe and there is no trouble for us.’ But then, when they are not ready for it, great punishment will suddenly happen to them. It will be impossible for them to run away. Pain will suddenly come to them, like a woman who is giving birth to a baby.
• 1 Peter 4:17The time has come when God will start to judge people. He will first judge the people who belong to him. If he will start with his own people, what will happen to other people? They have refused to obey God's good news, so it will surely be very bad for them.

Commentaries on Matthew 24:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8All these are the beginning of sorrows - , travailing pains. The whole land of Judea is represented under the notion of a woman in grievous travail; but our Lord intimates, that all that had already been mentioned were only the first pangs and throes, and nothing in comparison of that hard and death-bringing labor, which should afterwards take place. From the calamities of the nation in general, our Lord passes to those of the Christians; and, indeed, the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The beginning of sorrows - Far heavier calamities are yet to come before the end.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-28Verses 4-28 The disciples had asked concerning the times, When these things should be? Christ gave them no answer to that; but they had also asked, What shall be the sign? This question he answers fully. The prophecy first respects events near at hand, the destruction of Jerusalem, the end of the Jewish church and state, the calling of the Gentiles, and the setting up of Christ's kingdom in the world; but it also looks to the general judgment; and toward…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8beginning of birth pains: God's people should expect intense suffering right before the second coming of Jesus (see also Mathhew 24:29–31; Isaiah 13:8; 26:17; Jeremiah 4:31; 6:24; Micah 4:9–10).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Matthew 24

• 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