Matthew 24:8

All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Cross-references

In Matthew 24:29, the 'distress of those days' follows these birth pains — the same eschatological timeline within this discourse.

1 Thessalonians 5:3 uses the same 'labor pains' metaphor for sudden destruction — directly reinforcing Jesus' birth pains imagery.

Mark 13:8 Parallel

Mark 13:8 uses identical language 'beginning of birth pains' — a synoptic parallel to this verse.