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 of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must happen but it is not yet the end. 7For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. But all these things are only the beginning of birth pains. 9“Then they will hand you over to persecution and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of My name. 10And then many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one 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 26:18“If you, in spite of these things, will not listen to Me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.
• Deuteronomy 28:59then Adonai will make your plagues and the plagues of your descendants extraordinary—terrible and prolonged plagues, severe and prolonged illnesses.
• Isaiah 9:12Yet the people will not turn back to the One who strikes them, nor will they seek Adonai-Tzva’ot.
• Isaiah 10:4One can only crouch among the captives or collapse among the slain. For all this His anger is not turned away, yet His hand is still outstretched.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:3When they are saying, “Shalom and safety,” sudden destruction comes upon them like a woman having birth pains in the womb—there is no way they will escape.
• 1 Peter 4:17For the time has come for judgment to begin with the house of God. If judgment begins with us first, what will be the end for those who disobey the Good News of God?

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

Topics related to Matthew 24:8

• Jesus Continued
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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