Mark 13:24
New International Version
“But in those days, following that distress, “’the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;

New Living Translation
“At that time, after the anguish of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will give no light,

English Standard Version
“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light,

Berean Standard Bible
But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;

Berean Literal Bible
But in those days, those after the tribulation, 'The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;

King James Bible
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

New King James Version
“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;

New American Standard Bible
“But in those days, after that tribulation, THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT,

NASB 1995
“But in those days, after that tribulation, THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT,

NASB 1977
“But in those days, after that tribulation, THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT,

Legacy Standard Bible
“But in those days, after that tribulation, THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT,

Amplified Bible
“But in those days, after [the suffering and distress of] that tribulation, THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT,

Christian Standard Bible
“But in those days, after that tribulation: The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
“But in those days, after that tribulation: The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light;

American Standard Version
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“But in those days, after that distress, the sun will darken and the moon will not give its light.”

Contemporary English Version
In those days, right after this time of suffering, "The sun will become dark, and the moon will no longer shine.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light.

English Revised Version
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Now, after the misery of those days, the sun will turn dark, the moon will not give light,

Good News Translation
"In the days after that time of trouble the sun will grow dark, the moon will no longer shine,

International Standard Version
"But after the suffering of those days, 'The sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,

Literal Standard Version
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give her light,

Majority Standard Bible
But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;

New American Bible
“But in those days after that tribulation the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light,

NET Bible
"But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light;

New Revised Standard Version
“But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light,

New Heart English Bible
But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,

Webster's Bible Translation
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

Weymouth New Testament
"At that time, however, after that distress, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not shed her light;

World English Bible
But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,

Young's Literal Translation
'But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Return of the Son of Man
23So be on your guard; I have told you everything in advance. 24But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; 25the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’…

Cross References
Isaiah 13:10
For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.

Ezekiel 32:7
When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.

Joel 2:10
Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.

Joel 2:30
I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.

Joel 2:31
The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

Joel 3:15
The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.

Mark 13:23
So be on your guard; I have told you everything in advance.


Treasury of Scripture

But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

Isaiah 13:10
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

Isaiah 24:20-23
The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again…

Jeremiah 4:23-25,28
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light…

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Mark 13
1. Jesus foretells the destruction of the temple;
9. the persecutions for the gospel;
10. that the gospel must be preached to all nations;
14. that great calamities shall happen to the Jews;
24. and the manner of his coming to judgment;
32. the hour whereof being known to none, every man is to watch and pray














(24-31) But in those days.--See Notes on Matthew 24:29-35.

Verse 24. - But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light. St. Matthew (Matthew 24:29) has the word "immediately," before the words "after that tribulation." If this word "immediately" is to be understood literally, then the things spoken of subsequently must be understood in a figurative and spiritual sense. But it would seem more natural to understand "immediately" according to the reckoning of him with whom "a thousand years are as one day." Our Lord now passes away from the events connected with the overthrow of the Jewish polity, and proceeds to speak of things connected with the new dispensation. His mind is now turned to "the last time" - to the whole period between his first and his second advent. The things towards which he was now looking belonged, not to the end of the Jewish dispensation, but to the end of the present age and the present dispensation. Eighteen centuries have passed since the destruction of Jerusalem; and more years, it may be, will come and go before the end. Nevertheless, all this time, although it may seem long to us who are confined within the narrow limits of a short life, is nevertheless, when compared with the eternity of God, but as a moment. "The sun shall be darkened." The signs here enumerated are mentioned elsewhere as the signs that would appear before the second coming of Christ. (See Joel 2:31 and Luke 21:25, 26.) St. Augustine (Ep. 80, 'Ad Hesychium') says, "The light of truth shall be obscured; because in the great tribulation that shall come on the world, many will fall from the faith, who had seemed to be bright and firm, like the sun and the stars." "And the moon," that is, the Church, "shall not give her light."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
However,
Ἀλλὰ (Alla)
Conjunction
Strong's 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.

after
μετὰ (meta)
Preposition
Strong's 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.

the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

tribulation
θλῖψιν (thlipsin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2347: Persecution, affliction, distress, tribulation. From thlibo; pressure.

of
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

those
ἐκείναις (ekeinais)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's 1565: That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed.

days,
ἡμέραις (hēmerais)
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset.

‘The
(Ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

sun
ἥλιος (hēlios)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2246: The sun, sunlight. From hele; the sun; by implication, light.

will be darkened,
σκοτισθήσεται (skotisthēsetai)
Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4654: To darken. From skotos; to obscure.

and
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

moon
σελήνη (selēnē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4582: The moon. From selas; the moon.

will not give
δώσει (dōsei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1325: To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.

its
αὐτῆς (autēs)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

light,
φέγγος (phengos)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5338: Brightness, light, splendor, radiance. Probably akin to the base of phos; brilliancy.


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