Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again. New Living Translation For there will be greater anguish than at any time since the world began. And it will never be so great again. English Standard Version For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. Berean Standard Bible For at that time there will be great tribulation, unmatched from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again. Berean Literal Bible For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, and never shall be. King James Bible For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. New King James Version For 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. New American Standard Bible For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will again. NASB 1995 “For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. NASB 1977 for then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever shall. Legacy Standard Bible For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. Amplified Bible For at that time there will be a great tribulation (pressure, distress, oppression), such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will [again]. Christian Standard Bible For at that time there will be great distress, the kind that hasn’t taken place from the beginning of the world until now and never will again. Holman Christian Standard Bible For at that time there will be great tribulation, the kind that hasn’t taken place from the beginning of the world until now and never will again! American Standard Version for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be. Aramaic Bible in Plain English For then there will be great suffering, which has not been from the beginning of the world even until now, neither will be. Contemporary English Version This will be the worst time of suffering since the beginning of the world, and nothing this terrible will ever happen again. Douay-Rheims Bible For there shall be then great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, neither shall be. English Revised Version for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be. GOD'S WORD® Translation There will be a lot of misery at that time, a kind of misery that has not happened from the beginning of the world until now and will certainly never happen again. Good News Translation For the trouble at that time will be far more terrible than any there has ever been, from the beginning of the world to this very day. Nor will there ever be anything like it again. International Standard Version because at that time there will be great suffering, the kind that hasn't happened from the beginning of the world until now and certainly won't ever happen again. Literal Standard Version for there will then be great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor may be. Majority Standard Bible For at that time there will be great tribulation, unmatched from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again. New American Bible for at that time there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will be. NET Bible For then there will be great suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen. New Revised Standard Version For at that time there will be great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. New Heart English Bible for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be. Webster's Bible Translation For then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. Weymouth New Testament for it will be a time of great suffering, such as never has been from the beginning of the world till now, and assuredly never will be again. World English Bible for then there will be great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be. Young's Literal Translation for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Abomination of Desolation…20Pray that your flight will not occur in the winter or on the Sabbath. 21For at that time there will be great tribulation, unmatched from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again. 22If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.… Cross References Ezekiel 5:9 Because of all your abominations, I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again. Daniel 12:1 "At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people--everyone whose name is found written in the book--will be delivered. Joel 2:2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come. Matthew 24:20 Pray that your flight will not occur in the winter or on the Sabbath. Matthew 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days: 'The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.' Revelation 7:14 "Sir," I answered, "you know." So he replied, "These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Revelation 16:18 And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and a great earthquake the likes of which had not occurred since men were upon the earth--so mighty was the great quake. Treasury of Scripture For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. Psalm 69:22-28 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap… Isaiah 65:12-16 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not… Isaiah 66:15,16 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire… Jump to Previous Assuredly Beginning Distress Equaled Great Occurred Oppression Sorrow Start Suffering Time Tribulation Unequaled WorldJump to Next Assuredly Beginning Distress Equaled Great Occurred Oppression Sorrow Start Suffering Time Tribulation Unequaled WorldMatthew 24 1. Jesus foretells the destruction of the temple;3. what and how great calamities shall be before it; 29. the signs of his coming to judgment. 36. And because that day and hour are unknown, 42. we ought to watch like good servants, expecting our Master's coming. (21) Such as was not since the beginning . . .--The words come from Daniel 12:1. One who reads the narrative of Josephus will hardly hesitate to adopt his language, "that all miseries that had been known from the beginning of the world fell short" of those of the siege of the Holy City (Wars, v. 13, ?? 4, 5). Other sieges may have witnessed, before and since, scenes of physical wretchedness equally appalling, but nothing that history records offers anything parallel to the alternations of fanatic hope and frenzied despair that attended the breaking up of the faith and polity of Israel.Verse 21. - Nor then. Jesus gives the reason why this precipitate flight (vers. 16-20) was rendered necessary at the moment spoken of in ver. 15. Great tribulation. The miseries suffered in the siege of Jerusalem were stupendous To the skilful and fierce attacks of the Romans from without were added from within dire famine and pestilence, dissensions, violence, and continual bloodshed and murder. Josephus estimates the number of those who fell in the siege and capture of Jerusalem at 1,000,000, the usual population being largely increased by the influx of pilgrims attending the Feast of the Passover, and by thousands of fugitives who had flocked in from the country (Josephus. 'Bell. Jud.,' 6:09, 3). He adds that 97,000 were carried away captive during and after the war. Such as was not...nor ever shall be (Daniel 12:1). This is not mere hyperbole, but sober fact. Josephus ('Bell. Jud.,' Pro�m. 4) himself bears similar testimony: "Of all the cities under the dominion of Rome, ours was once the most happy, and afterwards the most utterly miserable. For the misfortunes of all the nations upon earth that have ever happened, if they are compared with the calamities to which the Jews were exposed, will, in my opinion, fall far short." Chrysostom sums up the matter thus: "Whence came there thus upon them wrath from God intolerable, and more sore than all that had befallen aforetime, not in Judaea only, but in any part of the world? Is it not quite clear that it was for the deed of the cross and for this rejection? Mark, I pray thee, the exceeding greatness of the ills, when not only compared with the time before, they appear more grievous, but also with all the time to come. For not in all the world, neither in all time that is past, and that is to come, shall any one be able to say such ills have been. And very naturally; for neither had any man perpetrated, not of these that ever have been, nor those to come hereafter, a deed so wicked and horrible" ('Hom.,' in loc.). The "affliction" spoken of refers not only to bodily sufferings, but to that anguish of mind occasioned by acute apprehension and. expectation of danger, such as was felt in the days before the Flood, and at the time of the oppression of Antiochus Epiphanes. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Forγὰρ (gar) Conjunction Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. at that time τότε (tote) Adverb Strong's 5119: Then, at that time. From ho and hote; the when, i.e. At the time that. there will be ἔσται (estai) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. great μεγάλη (megalē) Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 3173: Large, great, in the widest sense. tribulation, θλῖψις (thlipsis) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 2347: Persecution, affliction, distress, tribulation. From thlibo; pressure. unmatched οἵα (hoia) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 3634: Probably akin to ho, hos, and hosos; such or what sort of; especially the neuter with negative, not so. from ἀπ’ (ap’) Preposition Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. [the] beginning ἀρχῆς (archēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 746: From archomai; a commencement, or chief. of [the] world κόσμου (kosmou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2889: Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally). until ἕως (heōs) Preposition Strong's 2193: A conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until. now, νῦν (nyn) Adverb Strong's 3568: A primary particle of present time; 'now'; also as noun or adjective present or immediate. [and] οὐδ’ (oud’) Conjunction Strong's 3761: Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even. never οὐ (ou) Adverb Strong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. to be [seen again]. γένηται (genētai) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude. Links Matthew 24:21 NIVMatthew 24:21 NLT Matthew 24:21 ESV Matthew 24:21 NASB Matthew 24:21 KJV Matthew 24:21 BibleApps.com Matthew 24:21 Biblia Paralela Matthew 24:21 Chinese Bible Matthew 24:21 French Bible Matthew 24:21 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: Matthew 24:21 For then there will be great oppression (Matt. Mat Mt) |
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