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Matthew 24:21

For at that time there will be great tribulation, unmatched from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.

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ASV

for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.

KJV

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

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἔσταιestaiThere will beG1510 →
γὰρgarforG1063 →
τότεtotethenG5119 →
θλῖψιςthlipsistribulationG2347 →
μεγάληmegalēgreatG3173 →
οἵαoiasuch asG3634 →
οὐounotG3756 →
γέγονενgegonenhas beenG1096 →
ἀπ᾽ap᾽from [the]G575 →
ἀρχῆςarchēsbeginningG746 →
κόσμουkosmouof [the] worldG2889 →
ἕωςhe'ōsuntilG2193 →
τοῦtou<the>G3588 →
νῦνnunnowG3568 →
οὐδ᾽oud᾽noG3761 →
οὐoucertainlyG3756 →
μὴmēnotG3361 →
γένηται.genētaiit may happen.G1096 →

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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 2:2a 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.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.Ezekiel 5:9Because of all your abominations, I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again.Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”Mark 13:19For those will be days of tribulation unmatched from the beginning of God’s creation until now, and never to be seen again.Zechariah 14:2–3For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.Isaiah 66:15–16For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.Matthew 24:29Immediately 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.’Luke 19:43–44For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.Luke 21:24They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.Revelation 16:18And 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.1 Peter 4:10As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.1 Thessalonians 2:16hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.Joel 1:2Hear this, O elders; and give ear, all who dwell in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your fathers?Daniel 9:26Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.Hebrews 10:26–29If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,Isaiah 65:12–16I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”

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