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 using my name. They will say, ‘I am he,’ and they will deceive many people. 7“When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don’t be alarmed! These things must happen, but they don’t mean that the end has come. Nation will fight against nation and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes and famines in various places. These are only the beginning pains ⌞of the end⌟. 9“Be on your guard! People will hand you over to the Jewish courts and whip you in their synagogues. You will stand in front of governors and kings to testify to them because of me. 10But first, the Good News must be spread 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 15:6One nation crushed another nation; one city crushed another. God had tormented them with every kind of trouble.
• Isaiah 19:2“I will turn one Egyptian against another. They will fight— brother against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.
• Jeremiah 25:32“This is what the Lord of Armies says: Disaster is spreading from nation to nation. A great storm is brewing from the distant corners of the earth.”
• Haggai 2:22I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the power of nations. I will overthrow chariots and their riders, and the horses will fall along with their riders. They will kill one another with swords.
• Zechariah 14:13On that day a large-scale panic from the Lord will spread among them. One person will grab the hand of another, and one will attack the other.
• Revelation 6:4A second horse went out. It was fiery red. Its rider was given the power to take peace away from the earth and to make people slaughter one another. So he was given a large sword.
• Acts 11:28One of them was named Agabus. Through the Spirit Agabus predicted that a severe famine would affect the entire world. This happened while Claudius was emperor.
• Matthew 24:8All of these are only the beginning pains ⌞of the end⌟.
• Psalms 48:6Trembling seized them like the trembling that a woman experiences during labor.
• Isaiah 37:3They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day filled with misery, punishment, and disgrace. We are like a woman who is about to give birth but doesn’t have the strength to do it.
• Jeremiah 4:31I hear a woman in labor. I hear the woman cry with anguish as she gives birth to her first child. My people Zion are gasping for breath. They are stretching out their hands, saying, “How horrible it is for us! We’re defenseless in the presence of murderers!”
• Jeremiah 6:24We have heard the news about them. Our hands hang limp. We are gripped by anguish and pain like a woman giving birth to a child.
• Jeremiah 13:21What will you say when God makes the people you thought were your friends your new masters? Won’t pain grip you like a woman in labor?
• Jeremiah 22:23You live in Lebanon and have your nest in the cedars. But you will groan when pain strikes you, pain like a woman giving birth to a child.
• Jeremiah 49:24The people of Damascus are weak. They turn to flee, but panic grips them. Anguish and pain grip them like a woman in labor.
• Jeremiah 50:43The king of Babylon has heard reports about them, and he loses courage. Anguish will grip him as pain grips 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