Matthew 24:21 “For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the begi…”

Matthew 24:21

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

for then there will be great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the worlde to this time, nor shalbe.

Darby Translation

for then shall there be great tribulation, such as has not been from [the] beginning of [the] world until now, nor ever shall be;

Young's Literal Translation

for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be.

Bible in Basic English

Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be.

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Cross references

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

Daniel 12:1 Joel 2:2 Malachi 4:1 Luke 21:24 Isaiah 65:12–16 Daniel 9:26

Daniel 12:1 · BSB

“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 t…

Joel 2:2 · BSB

a 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.

Malachi 4:1 · BSB

“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…

Luke 21:24 · BSB

They 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.

Isaiah 65:12–16 · BSB

I 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…

Daniel 9:26 · BSB

Then 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 th…

Also

Matthew 24:29

Matthew 24:29 · BSB

Immediately 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. ’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20Pray that your flight will not occur in the winter or on the Sabbath.

22If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

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