sorrows
birthpangs. Answering to the "seals." (Revelation 6) (Revelation 6:1-17).
The death-agony of this age is the birth-agony of the next.
Related Commentaries of Mark 13:8
Mark 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.a