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]. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176921 for then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition21 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.] See the chapterAmerican 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. See the chapterCommon English Bible21 There will be great suffering such as the world has never before seen and will never again see. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version21 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. See the chapter |
“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].