Matthew 24:5-14
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
5 For[a] many will come on the basis of My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ’. And they will deceive many. 6 And you will-certainly[b] hear-of wars and rumors of wars. See[c] that you are not alarmed! For they must take place, but it is not yet the end. 7 For nation will arise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 But all these things are[d] a beginning of birth-pains. 9 Then[e] they will hand you over to affliction, and they will kill you. And you will be being hated by all the nations because of My name. 10 And then[f] many will be caused-to-fall, and will hand one another over, and will hate one another. 11 And many false-prophets will arise and deceive many. 12 And the love of the majority will grow cold because of lawlessness being multiplied. 13 But the one having endured to the end[g]— this one will be saved. 14 And this good-news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations. And then the end[h] will come.
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- Matthew 24:5 Some think v 5-14 refer to events prior to the destruction of Jerusalem in a.d. 70; others, to birth-pains that started in the apostles’ day and continue until the end, which begins in v 14b; others, that Jesus intended a double meaning, one for the apostles’ day and one for the end-time when these birth-pains will precede the end.
- Matthew 24:6 Or, must hear, will hear.
- Matthew 24:6 Or, Watch out! Do not be alarmed!
- Matthew 24:8 Or, will be.
- Matthew 24:9 That is, next in time (some amount of time after v 6-8); or, next in sequence without reference to time (Next, as the birth-pains continue). Or, At that time (at the time of the birth-pains). The meaning can be affected by which rendering is chosen. This word is also in 24:10, 14, 16, 21, 23, 30, 40; 25:1, 7, 31, 34, 37, 41, 44, 45.
- Matthew 24:10 Or, at that time.
- Matthew 24:13 That is, the end of his life, or the coming of Christ, whichever comes first.
- Matthew 24:14 That is, the coming of Christ; or, the beginning of the end time.
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