'Intolerable' in the Bible
Stone is heavy and the sand weighty,But a fool’s [unreasonable] wrath is heavier and more burdensome than both of them.
But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs [of the intolerable anguish and the time of unprecedented trouble].
For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. These things are the beginning of the birth pangs [the intolerable anguish and suffering].
yet because this widow continues to bother me, I will give her justice and legal protection; otherwise by continually coming she [will be an intolerable annoyance and she] will wear me out.’”
Therefore, when we could no longer endure our separation [from you], we thought it best to be left behind, alone at Athens,