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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 for this ye hearken not unto me, I will punish you sevenfold more for your sins,
 19and I will break the arrogance of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron and your earth as bronze;
 20and your strength shall be spent in vain; and your land shall not yield its produce, and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit.
 21And if ye walk contrary to me, and will not hearken unto me, I will bring sevenfold more plagues upon you, according to your sins.
 22And I will send the beasts of the field among you, that they may rob you of your children, and cut off your cattle, and make you few in number; and your streets shall be desolate.
 23And if ye will not be disciplined by me through these, but walk contrary to me,
 24then will I also walk contrary to you, and will smite you, even I, sevenfold for your sins.
 25And I will bring a sword upon you that avengeth with the vengeance of the covenant, and ye shall be gathered into your cities, and I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
 26When I break the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and shall deliver you the bread again by weight; and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
 27And if for all this ye hearken not to me, but walk contrary to me,
 28then I will walk contrary to you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you sevenfold 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 Jehovah will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, great and persistent plagues and evil and persistent sicknesses; (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 will not rejoice in their young men, neither will he have mercy on the fatherless and widows. For everyone [is] a hypocrite and an evil-doer, 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• 3When they are saying peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh on them as the pain on her that is with child; and they shall in no wise escape. (1 Thess. 5:3)
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1 Peter 4:17‑18• 17Because the time [is] that judgment begin from the house of God; and if first from us, what [shall be] the end of those that obey not the gospel of God?
 18And if the righteous is with difficulty saved, where shall the impious and sinful 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.