Shall many be offended. See Barnes on Matthew 5:29.

Many will stumble, fall, and apostatize from a profession of religion. Many who…

Shall many be offended—These words point primarily to those who were believers in Christ and found a stumbling-block either in the new asp…

Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and you shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall ma…

Rabanus Maurus: The Lord shows for what reason so many evils are to be brought upon Jerusalem and the whole Jewish province wh…

During the “birth pains” (v.8) Jesus’ disciples will be persecuted and killed. “You” quite clearly extends beyond the immediate disciples and inclu…

Then will many be offended. He now enumerates the temptations which will arise from bad examples. Now this is an exceedingly violent tempt…

And then shall many be offended
That is, many who had been hearers of the apostles, and professors of the Christian …

The disciples had asked concerning the times, "When should these things be?" Christ gave them no answer to that; but they had also asked, "What sha…

Here, the multiple provocations of the Jews were recounted; now, the preparation for Christ’s departure through the instruction of His disciples is…