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953 B
953 B
See that you are not troubled
This can be stated in active form. AT: "Do not let these things trouble you" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom
Both of these mean the same thing. Jesus is emphasizing that people everywhere will fight each other. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
the beginning of birth pains
This refers to the pains a woman feels before giving birth to a child. This metaphor means these wars, famines, and earthquakes are just the beginning of the events that will lead to the end of the age. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)