But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.

And when ye shall hear of wars and tumults, be not terrified: for these things must needs come to pass first; but the end is not immediately.

And when you shall hear of wars and seditions, be not terrified: these things must first come to pass; but the end is not yet presently.

And when ye shall hear of wars and tumults, be not terrified, for these things must first take place, but the end is not immediately.

But when ye shall hear of wars, and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass: but the end is not immediately.

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.'

But when you hear of wars and turmoils, be not afraid; for these things must happen first, but the end does not come immediately."

And when news of wars and troubled times comes to your ears, have no fear; for these things have to be, but the end will not be now.

And when you will have heard of battles and seditions, do not be terrified. These things must happen first. But the end is not so soon."

And, when you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be terrified, for these things must occur first; but the end will not be at once."

Commotions - Insurrections. Subjects rising against their rulers.

Commotions - Seditions and civil dissensions, with which no people were more agitated than the Jews.

(3) But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end [is] not by and by.
(3) The true temple of God is built up even in the midst of incredible tumults and most severe miseries, and this through invincible patience, so that the end result can be nothing else but most happy.

But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions,.... Or seditions and tumults; "wars" may design the wars of the Romans, against the Jews; and the "commotions", or seditions, the internal troubles among themselves:
be not terrified; as if the destruction of the nation, city, and temple, would be at once:
for these things must first come to pass, but the end is not by and by; or "immediately". The Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions leave out this last word, and read, as in See Gill on Matthew 24:6.

not terrified--(See Luke 21:19; Isaiah 8:11-14).
end not by and by--or immediately, not yet (Matthew 24:6; Mark 13:7): that is, "Worse must come before all is over."

Commotions - Intestine broils; civil wars.