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Distress (συνοχη). From συνεχω. In the N.T. only here and 2 Corinthians 2:4. Anguish.
In perplexity

See Barnes on Matthew 24:29.
Upon the earth distress of nations. Some have proposed to interpret the word earth as lan…

And there shall be signs in the sun.—See Notes on Matthew 24:29-35, Mark 13:24–31, where the “signs” are defined as

And there shall be signs in the sun—
As there were at the destruction of Jerusalem, and as there will be at the second coming of Chr…

The Venerable Bede: He explains in order the events that were to follow the fulfillment of the times of the Gentiles, saying,

And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon
They shall be darkened, and suffer very strange and surprising …

With much curiosity, those around Christ ask about the time when the great desolation would occur. He answers with clarity and fullness, to the ext…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson