(For they were afraid, and he did not know what to say.)<n id="1" />

Then<n id="1" /> there were flashes of lightning, roaring,<n id="2" /> and crashes of thunder, and there was a tremendous earthquake &#8211; an earthquake unequaled since humanity<n id="3" /> has been on the earth, so tremendous was that earthquake.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then Jesus began to criticize openly the cities<n id="1" /> in which he had done many of his miracles, because they did not repent.

He<n id="1" /> answered them, &#8220;Do you think these Galileans were worse sinners<n id="2" /> than all the other Galileans, because they suffered these things?

That very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other,<n id="1" /> for prior to this they had been enemies.<n id="2" />p>

&#8220;Woe to you, Chorazin!<n id="1" /> Woe to you, Bethsaida! If<n id="2" /> the miracles<n id="3" /> done in you had been done in Tyre<n id="4" /> and Sidon,<n id="5" /> they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Or those eighteen who were killed<n id="1" /> when the tower in Siloam fell on them,<n id="2" /> do you think they were worse offenders than all the others who live in Jerusalem?<n id="3" />

For some time ago<n id="1" /> Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He<n id="2" /> was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and nothing came of it.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.<n id="1" /> These false teachers<n id="2" /> will<n id="3" /> infiltrate your midst<n id="4" /> with destructive heresies,<n id="5" /> even to the point of<n id="6" /> denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring<n id="7" /> swift destruction on themselves.

Then<n id="1" /> the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it on the earth, and there were crashes of thunder, roaring,<n id="2" /> flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;The kingdom of the worldp> <p class="poetry">has become the kingdom of our Lordp> <p class="poetry">and of his Christ,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and he will reign for ever and ever.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the temple of God in heaven was opened and the ark of his covenant was visible within his temple. And there were flashes of lightning, roaring,<n id="2" /> crashes of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.<n id="3" />p>

Just then<n id="1" /> a major earthquake took place and a tenth of the city collapsed; seven thousand people<n id="2" /> were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.p>