Matthew 24:8

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

All these [are] the beginning of sorrows.

Complete Jewish Bible:

all this is but the beginning of the `birth pains.'

Berean Standard Bible:

All these are the beginning of birth pains.

American Standard Version:

But all these things are the beginning of travail.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

All{G1161}{G3956} these{G5023} are the beginning{G746} of sorrows{G5604}.

Cross-References (KJV):

1 Thessalonians 5:3

  • For 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 Peter 4:17

  • For 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?

1 Peter 4:18

  • And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

Deuteronomy 28:59

  • Then 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.

Isaiah 9:17

  • Therefore 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.

Isaiah 10:4

  • Without 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.

Leviticus 26:18

  • And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

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Commentary for Matthew 24:8

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: G1161
    There are 2556 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: δέ
    Transliteration:
    Pronunciation: deh
    Description: a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
  2. Strong's Number: G3956
    There are 1075 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: πᾶς
    Transliteration: pâs
    Pronunciation: pas
    Description: including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole:--all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
  3. Strong's Number: G5023
    There are 237 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: ταῦτα
    Transliteration: taûta
    Pronunciation: tow'-tah
    Description: nominative or accusative case neuter plural of οὗτος; these things:--+ afterward, follow, + hereafter, X him, the same, so, such, that, then, these, they, this, those, thus.
  4. Strong's Number: G746
    There are 56 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: ἀρχή
    Transliteration: archḗ
    Pronunciation: ar-khay'
    Description: from ἄρχομαι; (properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank):--beginning, corner, (at the, the) first (estate), magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule.
  5. Strong's Number: G5604
    There are 4 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: ὠδίν
    Transliteration: ōdín
    Pronunciation: o-deen'
    Description: akin to ὀδύνη; a pang or throe, especially of childbirth:--pain, sorrow, travail.