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Matthew 24:34

Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

KJV

ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, οὐ μὴ παρέλθῃ ἡ γενεὰ αὕτη ἕως ἂν πάντα ταῦτα γένηται.

Greek NT

Amen dico vobis, quia non præteribit generatio hæc, donec omnia hæc fiant.

Vulgate

Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these things be accomplished.

ASV

Amen I say to you that this generation shall not pass till all these things be done.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
γενεά
genea
noun · 43×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
παρέρχομαι
parerchomai
verb · 29×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἀμήν
amen
hebrew_word · 124×
ἄν
an
particle · 165×
ἕως
eos
adverb · 145×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: ὅτι | WH/Treg/NIV: ὅτι
  • ὅτιSBLGNT
  • ὅτιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

What kind of law is it? i.e. is it a written law or is it instilled in the heart? Its efficacy, i.e. does it justify? Its beginning: should it have been given at the beginning of the world? Its end: i.e. will it last until the end, or will another law take its place? Article 1. Whether the New Law is a written law? Objection 1. It would seem that the New Law is a written law. F…

Cross-references

  • Eph 4:10 — He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
  • Ezek 12:23 — Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every
  • Luke 11:50 — That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
  • Luke 21:32 — Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
  • Luke 21:32 — Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
  • Mark 13:30 — Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
  • Mark 13:30 — Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
  • Matt 5:18 — For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
  • Matt 12:45 — Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also
  • Matt 16:28 — Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
  • Matt 23:36 — Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
  • Matt 23:36 — Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
  • Ps 119:89 — For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.