Mark 13:17 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 13:17

How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!

KJV

But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

But woe to them that are with child,.... Who because of their burdens, would be very unfit for, and very incapable of fleeing with any haste; and therefore very liable to fall into the hands of the enemy, and become their prey: and to them that give suck in those days; who could not bear to leave their children behind, and yet would not be able to carry them with them; at least not without great trouble, and which would much retard their flight, and endanger their being taken by the enemy; See Gill on Mat 24:19.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

We are taught in these verses the lawfulness of using means to provide for our own personal safety . The language of our Lord Jesus Christ on the subject is clear and unmistakable — "Let those who be in Judea FLEE to the mountains — let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house — let him that is in the field not turn back again — pray you that your flight be not in the winter."

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οὐαὶ	ouai	Woe	G3759 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ταῖς	tais	to those	G3588 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
γαστρὶ	gastri	womb [pregnancy]	G1064 →
ἐχούσαις	echousais	having	G2192 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ταῖς	tais	to the [ones]	G3588 →
θηλαζούσαις	thēlazousais	nursing infants	G2337 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ἐκείναις	ekeinais	those	G1565 →
ταῖς	tais	<the>	G3588 →
ἡμέραις.	hēmerais	days!	G2250 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 23:29
Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’
leads to
- Matthew 24:19
  How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!
- Luke 21:23–24
  How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.
- Mark 13:17–19
  How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!
- Hosea 9:12–16
  Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!
Through
Hosea 13:16
Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
leads to
- 2 Kings 15:16
  At that time Menahem, starting from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in its vicinity, because they would not open their gates. So he attacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.
- 2 Kings 8:12
  “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword,…
Through
Lamentations 4:10
The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
leads to
- Lamentations 2:20
  Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?
- Isaiah 49:15
  “Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Mark

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Mark