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Mark 13:19
19because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God created the world, until now—and never to be equaled again.
Mark 13:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For in those days there will be such tribulation as has not been from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, and never will be.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For in those days there will be tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the creation which God created until this time, nor ever shall be.
- New Living Translation (NLT)For there will be greater anguish in those days than at any time since God created the world. And it will never be so great again.
Context of Mark 13:19
17How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! 18Pray that this will not take place in winter, because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God created the world, until now—and never to be equaled again. 20“If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them. 21At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe it.
Read all of Mark 13Mark 13:19 word by word
ἔσονται γὰρ αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι θλῖψις οἵα οὐ γέγονεν τοιαύτη ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς κτίσεως ἣν ἔκτισεν ὁ θεὸς ἕως τοῦ νῦν καὶ οὐ μὴ γένηται.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Forγάρgar · forG1063
- thoseἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
- daysὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
- shall beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- afflictionθλῖψιςthlipsis · pressureG2347
- such asοἷοςoios · such asG3634
- wasγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
- notοὐou · noG3756
- fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
- ·τοιοῦτοςtoioutos · such as thisG5108
- the beginningἀρχήarchē · beginningG746
- of the creationκτίσιςktisis · creationG2937
- whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- createdκτίζωktizō · to createG2936
- untoἕωςheōs · untilG2193
- this timeνῦνnun · nowG3568
- ·καίkai · andG2532
- neitherμήmē · notG3361
Cross-references for Mark 13:19
- Deuteronomy 28:59the Lord will send fearful plagues on you and your descendants, harsh and prolonged disasters, and severe and lingering illnesses.
- Deuteronomy 29:22Your children who follow you in later generations and foreigners who come from distant lands will see the calamities that have fallen on the land and the diseases with which the Lord has afflicted it.
- Isaiah 65:12I will destine you for the sword, and all of you will fall in the slaughter; for I called but you did not answer, I spoke but you did not listen. You did evil in my sight and chose what displeases me.”
- Lamentations 1:12“Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see. Is any suffering like my suffering that was inflicted on me, that the Lord brought on me in the day of his fierce anger?
- Lamentations 2:13What can I say for you? With what can I compare you, Daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may comfort you, Virgin Daughter Zion? Your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you?
- Lamentations 4:6The punishment of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment without a hand turned to help her.
- Daniel 9:12You have fulfilled the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing on us great disaster. Under the whole heaven nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.
- Daniel 12:1“At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.
- Joel 2:2a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like dawn spreading across the mountains a large and mighty army comes, such as never was in ancient times nor ever will be in ages to come.
- Matthew 24:21For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.
- Luke 21:22For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written.
- Deuteronomy 4:32Ask now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created human beings on the earth; ask from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything so great as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever been heard of?
Commentaries on Mark 13:19
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-23Verses 14-23 The Jews in rebelling against the Romans, and in persecuting the Christians, hastened their own ruin apace. Here we have a prediction of that ruin which came upon them within less than forty years after this. Such destruction and desolation, that the like cannot be found in any history. Promises of power to persevere, and cautions against falling away, well agree with each other. But the more we consider these things, the more we shall see…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19For those will be days of tribulation unseen from the beginning of God’s creation until now: This kind of hyperbole (intentional exaggeration for emphasis) is common in Hebrew and Aramaic patterns of speech. It emphasizes the terror of that time and should not be understood as a precise comparison with every other disaster in history. and never to be seen again: The events of 13:14–23 would not end human history. History continued after the destruction of…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be--Such language is not unusual in the Old Testament with reference to tremendous calamities. But it is matter of literal fact that there was crowded into the period of the Jewish war an amount and complication of suffering perhaps unparalleled; as the narrative of Josephus, examined closely and arranged under…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
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