New King James Version
Mark 13:19
19For 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.
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.
- New International Version (NIV)because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God created the world, until now—and never to be equaled again.
- 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 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
17But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! 18And pray that your flight may not be in winter. 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. 20And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake, whom He chose, He shortened the days. 21“Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘Look, He is there!’ 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 28:59then the Lord will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary plagues—great and prolonged plagues—and serious and prolonged sicknesses.
- Deuteronomy 29:22so that the coming generation of your children who rise up after you, and the foreigner who comes from a far land, would say, when they see the plagues of that land and the sicknesses which the Lord has laid on it:
- Isaiah 65:12Therefore I will number you for the sword, And you shall all bow down to the slaughter; Because, when I called, you did not answer; When I spoke, you did not hear, But did evil before My eyes, And chose that in which I do not delight.”
- Lamentations 1:12“Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Behold and see If there is any sorrow like my sorrow, Which has been brought on me, Which the Lord has inflicted In the day of His fierce anger.
- Lamentations 2:13How shall I console you? To what shall I liken you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare with you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is spread wide as the sea; Who can heal you?
- Lamentations 4:6The punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people Is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, Which was overthrown in a moment, With no hand to help her!
- Daniel 9:12And He has confirmed His words, which He spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing upon us a great disaster; for under the whole heaven such has never been done as what has been done to Jerusalem.
- Daniel 12:1“At that time Michael shall stand up, The great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people; And there shall be a time of trouble, Such as never was since there was a nation, Even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, Every one who is found written in the book.
- Joel 2:2A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness, Like the morning clouds spread over the mountains. A people come, great and strong, The like of whom has never been; Nor will there ever be any such after them, Even for many successive generations.
- Matthew 24:21For 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.
- Luke 21:22For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
- Deuteronomy 4:32“For ask now concerning the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether any great thing like this has happened, or anything like it has been heard.
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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