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Matthew 24:21

King James Version (KJV)

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Matthew 24:21

Verse 21 of 51

Scripture focus

For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

Matthew 24:21 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Matthew 24:21

Theological / Devotional

Then. That is, following the destruction of Jerusalem and the fall of the Jewish nation. Between the end of the Jewish nation and the end of the world were to be “long centuries of darkness, centuries for His church marked with blood and tears and agony” (DA 630, 631).

Great tribulation. The first persecution of the church came from the Jewish leaders (Acts 4:1-3; 7:59, 60; 8:1-4; etc.). A little later the Gentiles also persecuted Christians (Acts 16:19-24; 19:29; 1 Cor. 15:32), and for nearly three centuries the church suffered intermittently at the hands of pagan Rome. In 538 began the 1260 years of papal supremacy and persecution (see Additional Note on Daniel 7).

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