{See that ye be not troubled} (horate m(8820)throeisthe).
Asyndeton here with these two imperatives as Mr 8:15 orate
blepete (Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 949). Look out for the wars
and rumours of wars, but do not be scared out of your wits by
them. Throe(935c) means to cry aloud, to scream, and in the passive
to be terrified by an outcry. Paul uses this very verb (m(8864)e
throeisthai) in 2Th 2:2 as a warning against excitement over
false reports that he had predicted the immediate second coming
of Christ. {But the end is not yet} (all' oup(9320)estin to telos).
It is curious how people overlook these words of Jesus and
proceed to set dates for the immediate end. That happened during
the Great War and it has happened since.
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