Matthew 24:21

For then will be Tzarah Gedolah (Great Tribulation) such as has not been from Reshit HaOlam (Beginning of the World) until now nor will it by any means happen again.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

In Context

20But offer tefillos that your escape may not be in winter or on Shabbos.

22And if those days were not cut short, kol basar (all flesh) would not be saved. But, on account of the Kedoshim, the Bechirim (Chosen Ones), those days will be cut short.

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Cross References

Psalms 69:22They gave me also gall in my food; 1 and in my tzamah (thirst) they gave me chometz (vinegar) to drink. + 69:22 See Mt 27:34,48 ; Mk 15:23,36; Lk 23:36; Yn 19:28-30 1

Isaiah 66:15For, hinei, Hashem will come with eish, 1 with His merkavot like the whirlwind, 1 to render His anger in fury, 1 His rebuke in flames of eish. 1

Daniel 12:1And at that time shall Micha'el stand, the Sar HaGadol who standeth over the banim of thy people, and there shall be an et tzarah (time of tribulation), such as has not been from the existence of a nation to that time; and in that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the Sefer.

Joel 2:2A day of choshech and of gloominess, 1 a day of anan (cloud) and of thick darkness, 1 as the shachar (dawn) spread upon the mountains; 1 an am rav (great people, army) and strong; 1 there hath not been ever the like, 1 neither shall be any more after it, 1 even to the years of dor v'dor. 1

Zechariah 14:2For I will gather kol HaGoyim against Yerushalayim for milchamah (battle, war); and HaIr (the city, Yerushalayim) shall be taken, and the batim (houses) plundered, and the women ravished; and half of HaIr shall go forth into the Golus (exile), and the rest of the people shall not be cut off from HaIr.

Matthew 24:29Immediately after the Tzarah + 24:29 Mt 24:21 (Tribulation) of those days, the shemesh will be darkened, and the levanah will not give its light. And the kokhavim will fall from Shomayim, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 24:5-32

Awful Predictions. 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall… Read the whole commentary →

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