There shall be great tribulation. The word tribulation means calamity, or suffering. Luke 21:24 has specified…

Such as has not been since the beginning—The words come from Daniel 12:1. Anyone who reads the narrative of Josephus will hardly h…

And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on …

St. John Chrysostom: Just as He had previously hinted obscurely at the end of Jerusalem, He now gives a more direct announceme…

“For” introduces the reason for flight in vv.17–20: “great distress” (GK 3489 & 2568) and unprecedented suffering (cf. Daniel 12:1; [Ref…

For there will then be great tribulation. Luke also says that there will be days of vengeance, and of wrath on that people, that all t…

For then shall be great tribulation This is urged as a reason for their speedy flight; since the calamity that would come…

The disciples had asked concerning the times, "When should these things be?" Christ gave them no answer to that; but they had also asked, "What sha…

Having already related the destruction, in this part He relates that the consummation will come, and He gives a sort of introduction.