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But you will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. Some of you will they cause to be put to death.
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The Pain of Betrayal
Jesus gives a sobering warning that persecution will not just come from strangers, but from the most intimate circles: parents, siblings, relatives, and friends. Commentators note this is not a metaphor, highlighting how allegiance to Christ can tragically sever the closest human relationships.
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Shall they cause to be put to death (θανατωσουσιν). Future active of θανατοω, to put to death or to make to die (causative). Eithe…
19th Century
Baptist
And you shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.<…
Encouragement during persecution. In its content this section bears some similarity to Mk 13:9–13 and also the account of the sending out of the Tw…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren , &c.] (See Gill on Matthew 10:21) and kinsfo…
Presbyterian
With much curiosity, those around Christ ask about the time when the great desolation would occur. He answers with clarity and fullness, to the ext…
