Matthew 24:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Matthew 24:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Matthew 24:8 is a verse from the book of Matthew in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "All these are the beginning of sorrows." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Matthew 24:8 — KJV
“All these are the beginning of sorrows.”
— Matthew 24:8 (KJV)
Matthew 24:8 in Context — About the Book of Matthew
Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King — Israel's Messiah who fulfils the prophets line by line. It preserves the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord's Prayer, and the Great Commission. Five great teaching blocks make it the church's first discipleship manual.
Cross-References for Matthew 24:8
“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"”
Shares key themes with Matthew 24:8: these, beginning, sorrows
“All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. many ancient copies add these words at the beginning of verse, and turning to his disciples, he said”
Shares key themes with Matthew 24:8: these, beginning
“But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 24:8: these, beginning
“And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; of the Laodiceans: or, in Laodicea”
Shares key themes with Matthew 24:8: these, beginning
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