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Mark 13:8 Cross-References
Explore 18 cross-references for Mark 13:8 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Mark chapter 13 verse 8 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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. sorrows: the word in the original, importeth; the pains of a woman in travail”
Mark 13:8 (KJV)
Commentary on Mark 13:8
Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom—escalating conflict beyond individual wars to regional/global upheaval. Earthquakes in divers places... famines and troubles—natural disasters accompanying human conflict. The Greek seismoi (σεισμοί, earthquakes) and limoi (λιμοί, famines) describe physical catastrophes. These are the beginnings of sorrows (Greek archai ōdinōn, ἀρχαὶ ὠδίνων)—literally 'birth pains begin.'The birth pain metaphor (common in prophetic literature—Isaiah 13:8; Jeremiah 4:31) indicates suffering precedes new creation. Birth pains increase in frequency and...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Mark 13:8
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“All these are the beginning of sorrows.”
“pain”
“Thus says Hezekiah, 'This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring forth.,And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth., וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו כֹּה אָמַר חִזְקִיָּהוּ יוֹם־צָרָה וְתוֹכֵחָה וּנְאָצָה הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה כִּי בָאוּ בָנִים עַד־מַשְׁבֵּר וְכֹחַ אַיִן לְלֵדָה׃ ,And they said unto him: Thus saith Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble”
“Peace and safety, then sudden destruction will come on them”
“and those who ride in them. The horses and their riders will come down”
“and his hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of him”
“Behold”
“and they will fight everyone against his brother”
“she turns herself to flee”
“that pains have taken hold of you as of a woman in travail?”