- *estai*
- future middle, 3rd person singular - will be
- *thlipsis*
- nominative feminine singular - tribulation/affliction
- *megalē*
- nominative feminine singular - great
- *gegonen*
- perfect active, 3rd person singular - has been/happened
- *archēs*
- genitive feminine singular - beginning
- *kosmou*
- genitive masculine singular - world
- *nyn*
- adverb - now
- *genētai*
- aorist middle subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might happen/occur