Mark 13:18
16 And let no one in the field return for his cloak.
17 How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!
Pray that this will not occur in the winter.
19 For those will be days of tribulation unmatched from the beginning of God’s creation until now, and never to be seen again.
20 If the Lord had not cut short those days, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom He has chosen, He has cut them short.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Pray that this will not occur in the winter.
- KJV
- And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
- WEB
- Pray that your flight won’t be in the winter.
- ASV
- And pray ye that it be not in the winter.
- DARBY
- And pray that it may not be in winter time;
- BLB
- And pray that it might not be in winter,
- ÅB
- Men be at det ikke må skje om vinteren!
- OTB
- Be om at det ikke skjer om vinteren,
- B1930
- Men bed at det ikke må skje om vinteren!