Matthew 24:21

For there will then be great distress, such as hath not been from the commencement of the world, until now, and will not be.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

20And pray ye, that your flight be not in winter, or on the sabbath.

22And unless those days should be cut short, no flesh would remain alive. But, for the elect's sake, those days will be cut short.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:29And immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not show her light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be agitated.

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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