Reference: Tribulation
Easton
trouble or affiction of any kind (De 4:30; Mt 13:21; 2Co 7:4). In Ro 2:9 "tribulation and anguish" are the penal sufferings that shall overtake the wicked. In Mt 24:21,29, the word denotes the calamities that were to attend the destruction of Jerusalem.
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but, having no root within him, endureth only for a time; and when tribulation or persecution ariseth on account of the word, he immediately falleth away.
For there will then be great distress, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world to this time; no, nor shall ever be.
And immediately after the distress of those days will the sun be darkened, and the moon will not give her light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Tribulation and distress will be upon every soul of man whose works are evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;
Morish
Besides the application of this term to any time of distress, and its special reference to this dispensation, respecting which it is said, "In the world ye shall have tribulation," Joh 16:33
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For there will then be great distress, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world to this time; no, nor shall ever be. And were not those days to shortened, no flesh would be saved; but, for the sake of the chosen, these days will be shortened. read more. Then if any one say to you, Lo! here is the Christ; or there, believe him not. For there will rise up false Christs, and false prophets, and will show great signs and wonders, so that, if possible, even the chosen will be deceived. Lo! I have told you beforehand. If therefore they say to you, Lo! he is in the wilderness; go not forth; lo! he is in the private chambers; believe them not. For as the lightning cometh from the east, and shineth even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of man. Wherever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together. And immediately after the distress of those days will the sun be darkened, and the moon will not give her light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
These things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and those who together with her commit adultery into great distress, unless they repent of her deeds.
And I said to him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they who come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.