Matthew 24:8
all which are but the beginning of sorrows.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
In Context
9Then shall they afflict you, and kill you; and ye shall be hated by all nations for my name:
Cross References
1 Peter 4:17For the time is coming when judgement is to begin at the house of God: and if at us first, what will be the end of those that obey not the gospel of God?
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 →