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Verse	Translation	Text
Mr 13:7	Strong Concordance	And [1161] when [3752] ye shall hear [191] of wars [4171] and [2532] rumours [189] of wars [4171], be ye [2360] not [3361] troubled [2360]: for [1063] such things must [1163] needs be [1096]; but [235] the end [5056] shall not be yet [3768].
	King James	And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled--(See on Mar 13:13, and compare Isa 8:11-14). for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet--In Luke (Luk 21:9), "the end is not by and by," or "immediately." Worse must come before all is over.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled--(See on Mar 13:13, and compare Isa 8:11-14).

for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet--In Luke (Luk 21:9), "the end is not by and by," or "immediately." Worse must come before all is over.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Rumors of wars Wyc., opinions of battles. Such as would be a cause of terror to the Hebrew Christians; as the three threats of war against the Jews by Caligula, Claudius, and Nero. There were serious disturbances at Alexandria, a.d. 38, in which the Jews were the especial objects of persecution; at Seleucia about the same time, in which more than fifty thousand Jews were killed; and at Jamnia, near Joppa. Troubled (θροεῖσθε) Θροέω is, literally, to cry aloud. Earthquakes Between the prophecy and the destruction of Jerusalem (a.d. 70) occurred: A great earthquake in Crete, a.d. 46 or 47: at Rome, on the day on which Nero entered his majority, a.d. 51: at Apameia, in Phrygia, a.d. 53; "on account of which," says Tacitus, "they were exempted from tribute for five years:" at Laodicea, in Phrygia, a.d. 60: in Campania, a.d. 63, by which, according to Tacitus, the city of Pompeii was largely destroyed. Famines During the reign of Claudius, a.d. 41-54:, four famines are recorded: One at Rome, a.d. 41, 42; one in Judaea, a.d. 44; one in Greece, a.d. 50; and again at Rome, a.d. 52, when the people rose in rebellion and threatened the life of the emperor. Tacitus says that it was accompanied by frequent earthquakes, which levelled houses. The famine in Judaea was probably the one prophesied by Agabus, Act 11:28. Of the year 65 a.d., Tacitus says: "This year, disgraced by so many deeds of horror, was further distinguished by the gods with storms and sicknesses. Campania was devastated by a hurricane which overthrew buildings, trees, and the fruits of the soil in every direction, even to the gates of the city, within which a pestilence thinned all ranks of the population, with no atmospheric disturbance that the eye could trace. The houses were choked with dead, the roads with funerals: neither sex nor age escaped. Slaves and freemen perished equally amid the wailings of their wives and children, who were often hurried to the pyre by which they had sat in tears, and consumed together with them. The deaths of knights and senators, promiscuous as they were, deserved the less to be lamented, inasmuch as, falling by the common lot of mortality, they seemed to anticipate the prince's cruelty" ("Annals," xvi., 10-13).

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

Rumors of wars

Wyc., opinions of battles. Such as would be a cause of terror to the Hebrew Christians; as the three threats of war against the Jews by Caligula, Claudius, and Nero. There were serious disturbances at Alexandria, a.d. 38, in which the Jews were the especial objects of persecution; at Seleucia about the same time, in which more than fifty thousand Jews were killed; and at Jamnia, near Joppa.

Troubled (θροεῖσθε)

Θροέω is, literally, to cry aloud.

Earthquakes

Between the prophecy and the destruction of Jerusalem (a.d. 70) occurred: A great earthquake in Crete, a.d. 46 or 47: at Rome, on the day on which Nero entered his majority, a.d. 51: at Apameia, in Phrygia, a.d. 53; "on account of which," says Tacitus, "they were exempted from tribute for five years:" at Laodicea, in Phrygia, a.d. 60: in Campania, a.d. 63, by which, according to Tacitus, the city of Pompeii was largely destroyed.

Famines

During the reign of Claudius, a.d. 41-54:, four famines are recorded: One at Rome, a.d. 41, 42; one in Judaea, a.d. 44; one in Greece, a.d. 50; and again at Rome, a.d. 52, when the people rose in rebellion and threatened the life of the emperor. Tacitus says that it was accompanied by frequent earthquakes, which levelled houses. The famine in Judaea was probably the one prophesied by Agabus, Act 11:28. Of the year 65 a.d., Tacitus says: "This year, disgraced by so many deeds of horror, was further distinguished by the gods with storms and sicknesses. Campania was devastated by a hurricane which overthrew buildings, trees, and the fruits of the soil in every direction, even to the gates of the city, within which a pestilence thinned all ranks of the population, with no atmospheric disturbance that the eye could trace. The houses were choked with dead, the roads with funerals: neither sex nor age escaped. Slaves and freemen perished equally amid the wailings of their wives and children, who were often hurried to the pyre by which they had sat in tears, and consumed together with them. The deaths of knights and senators, promiscuous as they were, deserved the less to be lamented, inasmuch as, falling by the common lot of mortality, they seemed to anticipate the prince's cruelty" ("Annals," xvi., 10-13).

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⁹ But [1161] when [3752] ye shall hear [191] of wars [4171] and [2532] commotions [181], be [4422] not [3361] terrified [4422]: for [1063] these things [5023] must [1163] first [4412] come to pass [1096]; but [235] the end [5056] is not [3756] by and by [2112].

¹¹ For the LORD [03068] spake [0559] thus to me with a strong [02393] hand [03027], and instructed [03256] me that I should not walk [03212] in the way [01870] of this people [05971], saying [0559],
¹² Say [0559] ye not, A confederacy [07195], to all them to whom this people [05971] shall say [0559], A confederacy [07195]; neither fear [03372] ye their fear [04172], nor be afraid [06206].
¹³ Sanctify [06942] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] himself; and let him be your fear [04172], and let him be your dread [06206].
¹⁴ And he shall be for a sanctuary [04720]; but for a stone [068] of stumbling [05063] and for a rock [06697] of offence [04383] to both [08147] the houses [01004] of Israel [03478], for a gin [06341] and for a snare [04170] to the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389].

¹³ And [2532] ye shall be [2071] hated [3404] of [5259] all [3956] men for [1223] my [3450] name's sake [1223] [3686]: but [1161] he that shall endure [5278] unto [1519] the end [5056], the same [3778] shall be saved [4982].

²⁸ And [1161] there stood up [450] one [1520] of [1537] them [846] named [3686] Agabus [13], and signified [4591] by [1223] the Spirit [4151] that there should be [3195] [1510] great [3173] dearth [3042] throughout [1909] all [3650] the world [3625]: which [3748] [2532] came to pass [1096] in the days of [1909] Claudius [2804] Caesar [2541].