7. And they questioned him, saying, `Teacher, when, then, shall these things be? and what [is] the sign when these things may be about to happen?'
8. And he said, `See--ye may not be led astray, for many shall come in my name, saying--I am [he], and the time hath come nigh; go not on then after them;
9. and when ye may hear of wars and uprisings, be not terrified, for it behoveth these things to happen first, but the end [is] not immediately.'
10. Then said he to them, `Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom,
11. great shakings also in every place, and famines, and pestilences, there shall be; fearful things also, and great signs from heaven there shall be;
12. and before all these, they shall lay on you their hands, and persecute, delivering up to synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake;
13. and it shall become to you for a testimony.
14. `Settle, then, to your hearts, not to meditate beforehand to reply,
15. for I will give to you a mouth and wisdom that all your opposers shall not be able to refute or resist.
16. `And ye shall be delivered up also by parents, and brothers, and kindred, and friends, and they shall put of you to death;
17. and ye shall be hated by all because of my name--
18. and a hair out of your head shall not perish;
19. in your patience possess ye your souls.
20. `And when ye may see Jerusalem surrounded by encampments, then know that come nigh did her desolation;
21. then those in Judea, let them flee to the mountains; and those in her midst, let them depart out; and those in the countries, let them not come in to her;
22. because these are days of vengeance, to fulfil all things that have been written.