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Matthew 24:21 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

21 There will be great trouble [during these times], such as had never been from the beginning of time up to the present, or ever will be [in the days to come].

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

21 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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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

21 For then there will be great tribulation (affliction, distress, and oppression) such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now–no, and never will be [again]. [Dan. 12:1; Joel 2:2.]

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Common English Bible

21 There will be great suffering such as the world has never before seen and will never again see.

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Catholic Public Domain Version

21 For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until the present, and such as will not be.

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Matthew 24:21
20 Cross References  

And people will die by the sword and be led captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled on by the [unconverted] Gentiles [i.e., by the Romans and later by others] until the times of [domination by] the Gentiles are fulfilled.


for they [even] try to prevent us from speaking to the Gentiles, so that they can be saved. [In doing this] they are always piling up one sin on another. But the wrath [of God] has come upon them at last [or, “completely”].


“But immediately after the terrible trouble of those days, [i.e., the next major event on God’s calendar], the sun will become dark, and [therefore] the moon will not [be able to] shed its [reflected] light. The stars will fall from the sky and the forces of the heavens will be shaken [Note: From the description of these same events in Luke 21:25-26, it is possible that this is figurative language for great calamities happening on the earth].


“But pay attention to yourselves, for people will turn you over to [Jewish] councils [i.e., for judgment] and you will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand trial before governors and kings for being loyal to me. [This will afford you an opportunity] for witnessing to them.


And pray that it will not be in the winter or on a Sabbath day when you will have to flee [from the city]. [Note: Jewish Sabbath day restrictions on travel (only three-fifths of a mile) and city gate closures would make leaving the city nearly impossible].


And I answered him, “Sir, [surely] you know.” And he said to me, “These are the people who have come through the terrible persecution, and they have washed their robes and made them white with the blood of the Lamb.


[At that moment] there were flashes of lightning, [loud] sounds of rolling thunder, and a severe earthquake, worse than any since mankind was on earth; it was a terrible earthquake.


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