Mark 13:8
“For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
For nation shall rise against nation,.... The nations of the world one against another, and the Romans against the Jews,…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
The beginnings - For αρχαι, many MSS. and versions have αρχη, the beginning, singular.
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Mark 13:5-13
Our Lord Jesus, in reply to their question, sets himself, not so much to satisfy their curiosity as to direct their…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
the beginnings of sorrows rather, of birth-pangs. The word only occurs in four places in the N. T. Here; in the…
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