Matthew 24:7
King James Version
28 Jul 2026
“For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.”
ἐγείρω
To raise up, to awaken, to arouse. Egeiro. He is not here He has risen. The resurrection is the pivot of history. Everything before it points to it. Everything after flows from it.
ἔθνος
nation
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ἔθνος
Nation, people group, Gentile. Ethnos. Go and make disciples of all nations. Every people group on earth is included in God's redemptive plan. None are excluded.
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ἐπί
against
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ἐπί
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
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εἰμί
there will be
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εἰμί
To be, to exist. Eimi. When God names himself I AM, he uses this word. Existence itself belongs to him. Ground your identity in the one who simply is.
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λιμός
famines
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λιμός
Famine, hunger, scarcity of food. Limos. Jesus warned of famines as signs of the age, yet promised that those who hunger and thirst for righteousness will be filled. Physical hunger points to a deeper need only God can satisfy.
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λοιμός
pestilences
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λοιμός
Plague, pestilence, pest. Loimós. Used of deadly disease and of dangerous men who spread corruption like contagion. What destroys bodies can also describe those who destroy communities. Discern both.
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σεισμός
earthquakes
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σεισμός
Earthquake, shaking. Seismos. There was a great earthquake for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven. Heaven breaks into earth to announce resurrection. He is risen.
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τόπος
various] places.
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τόπος
a spot (general in space, but limited by occupancy; whereas G5561 (χώρα) is a large but participle locality), i.e. location (as a position, home, tract, etc.); figuratively, condition, opportunity; specially, a scabbard
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