Matthew 24:6
New International Version
You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.

New Living Translation
And you will hear of wars and threats of wars, but don’t panic. Yes, these things must take place, but the end won’t follow immediately.

English Standard Version
And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.

Berean Standard Bible
You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.

Berean Literal Bible
And you will begin to hear of wars and rumors of wars. Behold, do not be alarmed; for it is necessary to take place, but the end is not yet.

King James Bible
And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

New King James Version
And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

New American Standard Bible
And you will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end.

NASB 1995
“You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end.

NASB 1977
“And you will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end.

Legacy Standard Bible
And you are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end.

Amplified Bible
You will continually hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end [of the age].

Christian Standard Bible
You are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, because these things must take place, but the end is not yet.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, because these things must take place, but the end is not yet.

American Standard Version
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
It is going to happen that you are going to hear battles and reports of wars.Take heed that you will not be troubled, for it is necessary that all these things should happen, but it will not yet be the end.

Contemporary English Version
You will soon hear about wars and threats of wars, but don't be afraid. These things will have to happen first, but that isn't the end.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that ye be not troubled. For these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

English Revised Version
And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for these things must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Don't be alarmed! These things must happen, but they don't mean that the end has come.

Good News Translation
You are going to hear the noise of battles close by and the news of battles far away; but do not be troubled. Such things must happen, but they do not mean that the end has come.

International Standard Version
You'll hear of wars and rumors of wars. See to it that you aren't alarmed. These things must take place, but the end hasn't come yet,

Literal Standard Version
and you will begin to hear of wars, and reports of wars; see, do not be troubled, for it is necessary for all [these] to come to pass, but the end is not yet.

Majority Standard Bible
You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. All these things must happen, but the end is still to come.

New American Bible
You will hear of wars and reports of wars; see that you are not alarmed, for these things must happen, but it will not yet be the end.

NET Bible
You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come.

New Revised Standard Version
And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not alarmed; for this must take place, but the end is not yet.

New Heart English Bible
You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled, for this must happen, but the end is not yet.

Webster's Bible Translation
And ye will hear of wars, and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

Weymouth New Testament
And before long you will hear of wars and rumours of wars. Do not be alarmed, for such things must be; but the End is not yet.

World English Bible
You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren’t troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet.

Young's Literal Translation
and ye shall begin to hear of wars, and reports of wars; see, be not troubled, for it behoveth all these to come to pass, but the end is not yet.

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Context
Signs of the End of the Age
5For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.…

Cross References
Isaiah 7:4
and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewood--over the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.

Matthew 2:3
When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

Mark 13:7
When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.

Revelation 6:4
Then another horse went forth. It was bright red, and its rider was granted permission to take away peace from the earth and to make men slay one another. And he was given a great sword.


Treasury of Scripture

And you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that you be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

ye shall hear.

Jeremiah 4:19-22
My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war…

Jeremiah 6:22-24
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth…

Jeremiah 8:15,16
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble! …

see.

Psalm 27:1-3
A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? …

Psalm 46:1-3
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble…

Psalm 112:7
He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.

must.

Matthew 26:54
But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?

Luke 22:37
For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.

Acts 27:24-26
Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee…

but.

Matthew 24:14
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

Daniel 9:24-27
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy…

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Matthew 24
1. Jesus foretells the destruction of the temple;
3. what and how great calamities shall be before it;
29. the signs of his coming to judgment.
36. And because that day and hour are unknown,
42. we ought to watch like good servants, expecting our Master's coming.














(6) Ye shall hear . . .--Literally, ye shall be about to hear--a kind of double future, or possibly an example of the transition between the older future tense and the use of an auxiliary verb.

Wars and rumours.--St. Luke adds "commotions." The forty years that intervened before the destruction of Jerusalem were full of these in all directions; but we may probably think of the words as referring specially to wars, actual or threatened, that affected the Jews, such, e.g., as those of which we read under Caligula, Claudius, and Nero (Jos. Ant. xx. 1, 6). The title which the historian gave to his second book, "The Wars of the Jews," is sufficiently suggestive. As the years passed on, the watchword, "Be not troubled," must have kept the believers in Christ calm in the midst of agitation. They were not to think that the end was to follow at once upon the wars which were preparing the way for it.

Verse 6. - Ye shall hear (μελλήσετε ἀκούειν). Ye are about, ye are destined, to hear. "Futurum complicatum, audituri eritis" (Bengel). He addresses the apostles as representatives of the whole body of believers. Wars and rumours of wars; i.e. wars near at hand, and distant wars of which the rumour only reaches you, but which threaten to approach and menace your peace (cf. Jeremiah 4:19). The peace which reigned at Christ's birth was rudely shattered after his death, though the wars before the destruction of Jerusalem were of no great importance. We hear of an in. tended expedition against Aretas (Josephus, 'Ant.,' 18:05. 3), of one of Caligula against the Jews (ibid., 18:8. 2), both of which, however, came to nothing. Then there were certain insurrections in the reigns of Claudius (ibid., 20:5, 3) and Nero (ibid., 20:8. 6-10). The Roman empire was disturbed; four emperors - Nero, Galba, Otho, and Vitellius - died by violence within a short space of time; the restless Parthians were a continual source of trouble. But these and such-like occurrences do little to exhaust the meaning of Christ's prediction. He is looking forward to a distant future, and sees with prophetic eye the state of warfare which has prevailed from the disruption of the Roman empire, and which shall continue unto the end. See that ye be not troubled; rather, see, be ye not troubled, Look on it all, and yet be not affrighted. All these things (πάντα) must come to pass. All that I announce is sure to occur, not from any absolute necessity, but because of men's passions and perverseness, which will bring it to pass (see on Matthew 18:7; and James 4:1). The end is not yet. These signs might lead men to think that the final consummation was close at hand. Our Lord warns against such a conclusion. St. Paul speaks of "the end" as occurring in Christ's second advent (1 Corinthians 15:24).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
You will
μελλήσετε (mellēsete)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 3195: A strengthened form of melo; to intend, i.e. Be about to be, do, or suffer something.

hear of
ἀκούειν (akouein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.

wars
πολέμους (polemous)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4171: A war, battle, strife. From pelomai; warfare.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

rumors
ἀκοὰς (akoas)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 189: Hearing, faculty of hearing, ear; report, rumor. From akouo; hearing.

of wars,
πολέμων (polemōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 4171: A war, battle, strife. From pelomai; warfare.

but see to it
ὁρᾶτε (horate)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

that you are not alarmed.
θροεῖσθε (throeisthe)
Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 2360: To disturb, agitate; pass: To be troubled, alarmed. From threomai to wail; to clamor, i.e. to frighten.

[These things]
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

must
δεῖ (dei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1163: Third person singular active present of deo; also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is Necessary.

happen,
γενέσθαι (genesthai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle
Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

but
ἀλλ’ (all’)
Conjunction
Strong's 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.

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

end
τέλος (telos)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5056: (a) an end, (b) event or issue, (c) the principal end, aim, purpose, (d) a tax.

is
ἐστὶν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

still to come.
οὔπω (oupō)
Adverb
Strong's 3768: Not yet. From ou and po; not yet.


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