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Noun thlipsis (distress) in the Gospels-Acts
(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Matthew
| 13: 21 | yet such a person has no root, but endures only for a while, and when distress (thlipsis) or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away. |
| 24: 9 | "Then they will hand you over to distress (thlipsis) and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of my name. |
| 24: 21 | For at that time there will be great distress (thlipsis), such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. |
| 24: 29 | "Immediately after the distress (thlipsis) of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken. |
Mark
| 4: 17 | But they have no root, and endure only for a while; then, when distresses (thlipsis) or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away. |
| 13: 19 | For in those days there will be distress (thlipsis), such as has not been from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, no, and never will be. |
| 13: 24 | "But in those days, after that distress (thlipsis), the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, |
John
| 16: 21 | When a woman is in labor, she has pain, because her hour has come. But when her child is born, she no longer remembers the distresses (thlipsis) because of the joy of having brought a human being into the world. |
| 16: 33 | I have said this to you, so that in me you may have peace. In the world you face distress (thlipsis). But take courage; I have conquered the world!" |
Acts
| 7: 10 | and rescued him from all his distresses (thlipsis), and enabled him to win favor and to show wisdom when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and over all his household. |
| 7: 11 | Now there came a famine throughout Egypt and Canaan, and great distress (thlipsis), and our ancestors could find no food. |
| 11: 19 | Now those who were scattered because of the distresses (thlipsis) that took place over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, and they spoke the word to no one except Jews. |
| 14: 22 | There they strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, "It is through much distresses (thlipsis) that we must enter the kingdom of God." |
| 20: 23 | except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and distresses (thlipsis) are waiting for me. |
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