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Selected Verse: Mark 13:19 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mr 13:19 |
King James |
For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be--Such language is not unusual in the Old Testament with reference to tremendous calamities. But it is matter of literal fact that there was crowded into the period of the Jewish war an amount and complication of suffering perhaps unparalleled; as the narrative of JOSEPHUS, examined closely and arranged under different heads, would show. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
affliction
Tribulation.
Compare (Mat 24:21).
See "Tribulation"; (Psa 2:5); (Rev 7:14). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
The creation which God created
Note the peculiar amplification, and compare Mar 13:20, the elect or chosen whom he chose. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| In those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation - May it not be doubted, whether this be yet fully accomplished? Is not much of this affliction still to come? |
14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
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.
20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.