Mark 13:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And when ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not troubled: [these] [things] must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅταν δὲ ἀκούσητε πολέμους καὶ ἀκοὰς πολέμων, μὴ θροεῖσθε: δεῖ γὰρ γενέσθαι· ἀλλʼ οὔπω τὸ τέλος.

Transliteration

When de you akousēte polemous and akoas of-polemōn, mē throeisthe: dei gar genesthai; but oupō the telos.

Grammar Details

*de*: conjunction, adversative/continuative - but/and/now
*akousēte*: aorist, subjunctive, active, 2nd plural - you might hear
*polemous*: accusative, masculine, plural - wars
*akoas*: accusative, feminine, plural - reports/rumors
*polemōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of wars
*mē*: negative particle with imperative - not
*throeisthe*: present imperative, passive, 2nd plural - be troubled/alarmed
*dei*: present, indicative, active, impersonal - it is necessary
*gar*: conjunction, explanatory - for/because
*genesthai*: aorist infinitive, middle - to happen/occur
*oupō*: adverb - not yet
*telos*: nominative, neuter, singular - end/conclusion

Word Meanings

*akousēte*: you might hear/listen to/learn of
*polemous*: wars/battles/conflicts
*akoas*: reports/rumors/hearings
*throeisthe*: be troubled/alarmed/frightened
*dei*: it is necessary/must/inevitable
*genesthai*: to happen/occur/come to pass
*telos*: end/conclusion/termination

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Referenced Verses

Matt 18:7 : 7 Woe unto the world because of occasions of stumbling! for it must needs be that the occasions come; but woe to that man through whom the occasion comes!
Luke 21:9-9 : 9 And when ye shall hear of wars and tumults, be not terrified: for these things must needs come to pass first; but the end is not immediately. 10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; 11 and there shall be great earthquakes, and in divers places famines and pestilences; and there shall be terrors and great signs from heaven.
John 14:27 : 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
Acts 17:3 : 3 opening and alleging that it behooved the Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom, [said he,] I proclaim unto you, is the Christ.
John 14:1 : 1 Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me.
Matt 24:6-7 : 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that ye be not troubled: for [these] [things] must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines and earthquakes in divers places.
2 Sam 14:14 : 14 For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God take away life, but deviseth means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.
Ps 27:3 : 3 Though a host should encamp against me, My heart shall not fear: Though war should rise against me, Even then will I be confident.
Ps 46:1-3 : 1 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas; 3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof. {H5542}
Ps 112:7 : 7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: His heart is fixed, trusting in Jehovah.
Prov 3:25 : 25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh:
Isa 8:12 : 12 Say ye not, A conspiracy, concerning all whereof this people shall say, A conspiracy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be in dread [thereof].
Jer 4:19-21 : 19 My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I cannot hold my peace; because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. 20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is laid waste: suddenly are my tents destroyed, [and] my curtains in a moment. 21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
Jer 51:46 : 46 And let not your heart faint, neither fear ye for the tidings that shall be heard in the land; for tidings shall come one year, and after that in another year shall come tidings, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

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