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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yet hath he no root in himself, and therefore is but for a short season; and when affliction cometh, or persecution on account of the word, he is as soon disgusted.
for there shall be then great affliction, such as has not been from the beginning of the world unto this time, no, nor ever shall be.
And immediately after the affliction of those days, the fun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give it's light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Tribulation and anguish shall be upon every soul of man that worketh evil, both of the Jew, and of the Gentile:
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 shall be then great affliction, such as has not been from the beginning of the world unto this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days be shortened, no one would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days shall be shortened. read more. Then if any shall say to you, Behold here is the Messiah, or there; believe it not: for there shall rise up false Christs, and false prophets, who shall shew great signs and prodigies, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect. Lo, I have told you before-hand: and therefore if they say to you, Behold, he is in the desert, go not out: behold, he is the secret chambers, believe them not: for as the lightning cometh from the east, and flashes in an instant even to the west, so shall be the coming of the Son of man. For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. And immediately after the affliction of those days, the fun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give it's light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have trouble: but be of good courage, I have overcome the world.
Behold I will cast her into a bed, and those that commit whoredom with her, into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds:
And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they who come out of great affliction, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.