Charles Ellicott Commentary Matthew 24:9

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Matthew 24:9

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Matthew 24:9

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name`s sake." — Matthew 24:9 (ASV)

Then shall they deliver... — The adverb, here and in Matthew 24:10, points to synchronism rather than sequence in its connection with Matthew 24:8.

To be afflicted — Literally, unto affliction. The words repeat in substance the predictions of Matthew 10:22 (See Notes there). Here we have hated of all the nations, that is, heathen nations, instead of the wider hated of all men. So, when Paul reached Rome, the “sect” of the Christians was everywhere spoken against (Acts 28:22) as evildoers (1 Peter 2:12). A little later, Tacitus describes them as “hated for their crimes” (Annals 15.44).