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Matthew 24

Matt. 24:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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All
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
these
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
tauta (Greek #5023)
these things
KJV usage: + afterward, follow, + hereafter, X him, the same, so, such, that, then, these, they, this, those, thus.
Pronounce: tow'-tah
Origin: nominative or accusative case neuter plural of 3778
are the beginning
arche (Greek #746)
(properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank)
KJV usage: beginning, corner, (at the, the) first (estate), magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule.
Pronounce: ar-khay'
Origin: from 756
of sorrows
odin (Greek #5604)
a pang or throe, especially of childbirth
KJV usage: pain, sorrow, travail.
Pronounce: o-deen'
Origin: akin to 3601
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Lev. 26:18‑29• 18And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
 19And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
 20And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
 21And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
 22I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.
 23And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;
 24Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
 25And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
 26And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
 27And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
 28Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
 29And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. (Lev. 26:18‑29)
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Deut. 28:59• 59Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. (Deut. 28:59)
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Isa. 9:12,17,21• 12The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
 17Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
 21Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. (Isa. 9:12,17,21)
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Isa. 10:4• 4Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. (Isa. 10:4)
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1 Thess. 5:3• 3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. (1 Thess. 5:3)
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1 Peter 4:17‑18• 17For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
 18And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? (1 Peter 4:17‑18)
• When our Lord, in the Gospel of John, speaks of the Christian's lot, he never names either a beginning or an end, but rather implies that tribulation should be expected throughout his career: "In the world ye shall have tribulation." (“Remarks on Matthew 24:1-31” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But all these are the beginning of throes.

W. Kelly Translation

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But all these [are the] beginning of travails.