But all these things are the beginning of birth pains. Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake. Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.
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Jesus answered them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will lead many astray. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren’t troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places. But all these things are the beginning of birth pains. Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake. Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another. Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray. Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end will be saved. This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
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But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.
Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake.
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Then shall they deliuer you vp to be afflicted, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated of all nations for my Names sake.
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- John 16:2 (v9) They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
- John 15:19-20 (v9) If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore…
- Luke 21:16-17 (v9) You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death. You will be…
- Revelation 2:10 (v9) Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be…
- Matthew 10:17-22 (v9) But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you. Yes, and you will be brought…
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- Luke 21:12 (v9) But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing…
- Mark 13:9-13 (v9) But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings…
- Revelation 6:9-11 (v9) When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony…
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3 (v8) For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman. Then they…
- Revelation 7:14 (v9) I told him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great suffering.They washed their robes, and made them…
- 1 Peter 4:16 (v9) But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.
- Acts 5:40-41 (v9) They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. They…
- 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16 (v9) For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from…
- Acts 4:2-3 (v9) being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. They laid hands on them, and put them in…
- Micah 7:5-6 (v10) Don’t trust in a neighbor. Don’t put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!…
- 1 Peter 4:17-18 (v8) For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. If it begins first with us, what will happen to those who don’t obey…
- Matthew 11:6 (v10) Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me.”
- Matthew 23:34 (v9) Therefore behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge…
- Mark 13:12 (v10) “Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to…
- Luke 11:49 (v9) Therefore also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,
- Luke 21:16 (v10) You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death.
- Acts 7:59 (v9) They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
- Acts 21:31-32 (v9) As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. Immediately he…
- Revelation 2:13 (v9) “I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn’t deny my faith in the days of…
- Matthew 22:6 (v9) and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.
- Mark 4:17 (v10) They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.
- Acts 12:1-5 (v9) Now about that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly. He killed James, the brother of John, with the…
- Acts 22:19-22 (v9) I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you. When the blood of Stephen,…
- Acts 28:22 (v9) But we desire to hear from you what you think. For, as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.”
- Deuteronomy 28:59 (v8) then Yahweh will make your plagues and the plagues of your offspring fearful, even great plagues, and of long duration, and severe…
- Matthew 10:21 (v10) “Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to…
- Matthew 10:35-36 (v10) For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A…
- Matthew 13:21 (v10) yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
- John 6:66-67 (v10) At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. Jesus said therefore to the twelve, “You don’t also want to go away,…
- 2 Timothy 4:16 (v10) At my first defense, no one came to help me, but all left me. May it not be held against them.
- Matthew 26:31-34 (v10) Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the…
- 2 Timothy 4:10 (v10) for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia; and Titus to Dalmatia.
- Isaiah 9:17 (v8) Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is…
- Isaiah 10:4 (v8) They will only bow down under the prisoners, and will fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is…
- Matthew 13:57 (v10) They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.”
- John 6:60-61 (v10) Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?” But Jesus knowing in himself…
- 2 Timothy 1:15 (v10) This you know, that all who are in Asia turned away from me, of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.
- Leviticus 26:18-29 (v8) “ ‘If you in spite of these things will not listen to me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins. I will break the pride…
- Isaiah 9:12 (v8) The Syrians in front, and the Philistines behind; and they will devour Israel with open mouth. For all this, his anger is not turned away,…
- Isaiah 9:21 (v8) Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand…
- Matthew 26:21-24 (v10) As they were eating, he said, “Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me.” They were exceedingly sorrowful, and each began…
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v8 Word for word, of great torments, like unto women…
Word for word, of great torments, like unto women in travail.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv8–10 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Ver. 8. All these are the beginning, &c.] q.d. There yet remain far worse matters than war, -famine, pestilence, earthquakes. Adhuc restant gravissimi partus cruciatus. And yet war is as a fire that feeds upon the people, Isa 9:19-20. Famine is far worse than that, Lam 4:9. Pestilence is God’s evil angel, Psa 78:49-50. Earthquakes are wondrous terrible, and destructive to whole cities, as to Antioch of old, and to Pleurs in Italy of late, where fifteen hundred men perished together. A conflux of all these abides the condemners of Christ’s gospel. The holy martyrs, as Saunders, Bradford, Philpot, &c.; the confessors also that fled for religion in Queen Mary’s days acknowledged (as Ursinus relates) that that great inundation of misery came justly upon them, for their unprofitableness under the means of grace which they had enjoyed in King Edward’s days. "When I first came to be pastor at Clavenne," saith Zanchy, "there happened a grievous pestilence, that in seven months’ time consumed 1200 persons." Their former pastor, Mainardus, that man of God, had often foretold such a calamity for their popery and profaneness: but he could never be believed, till the plague had proven him a true prophet; and then they remembered his words, and wished they had been warned by him. When the Protestants of France began to grow wanton of their peace and prosperity, to jangle among themselves about discipline, and to affect a vain frothy way of preaching, then came the cruel massacre upon them. (Melch. Adam. in Vita Bulling.)
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv9–10 Mark hath this thus, Mar 13:9, But take heed…
Mark hath this thus, Mar 13:9, But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. Luke saith, Luk 21:12,13, But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake. And it shall turn to you for a testimony. Our Saviour, knowing that his disciples’ minds still ran upon a secular kingdom, here calls off their thoughts by giving them a sign of his coming, an account of those persecutions and trials which they should undergo before his coming, either in his power to the destruction of the Jews, or in his glory at the last day: the afflictions specified are, a being hated of all nations, delivered up to councils, beating in the synagogues, casting into prisons, and being killed; all which happened to the disciples of Christ before the destruction of Jerusalem. The Christians were counted a sect every where spoken against, Act 28:22. Stephen was stoned, Act 7:59. James was killed with the sword, Act 12:2. Paul and Silas were imprisoned, Act 16:23. Paul five times received of the Jews forty stripes save one; he was thrice beaten with rods, once stoned, 2Co 11:24,25. He was brought before king Agrippa and Festus. Peter and John were called before the council, Act 4:7; 5:21. So as all these things happened before the destruction of Jerusalem, and this may be interpreted as a sign of that great destruction; but not of that only, for the text saith,
ye shall be hated of all nations, which came to pass afterward, when Christianity was persecuted by heathens for three hundred years together. Mark saith, this should be done for a testimony against them, that is, the persecutors. Luke saith, it shall turn to you for a testimony. The persecutions of Christians are,
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1. A testimony against the persecutors, of their ingratitude, and cruelty, and hatred to the name of Christ.
2. They are a testimony to the persecuted, of their faith, and patience, and courage, &c.
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William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain On v9 Our Saviour here goes on in giving farther signs…
Our Saviour here goes on in giving farther signs of the destruction of Jerusalem.
1. He declares the sharp persecutions which should fall upon the apostles themselves; They shall kill you.
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Thence learn, That the keenest and sharpest edge of persecution is usually turned against the ambassadors of Christ, and falls heaviest on the ministers of God. You shall be hated and killed.
The next sign is the apostasy of professors upon the account of those persecutions: Then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and hate one another.
Learn hence, that times of persecution for Christianity are constantly times of apostasy from the Christian profession.
2. That apostates are usually the bitterest persecutors: Omnis apostata est osor sui ordinis. They shall betray one another, and hate one another.
A third sign is the abounding of false teachers: Many false prophets shall arise, and shall deceive many.
Where note, That the fair pretences and subtle practices of heretical teachers have drawn off many from the truth, whom open persecution could not drive from it.
A fourth sign is the decay and abatement of zeal for God, and love one to another: The love of many shall wax cold, that is, both towards God and towards man. When iniquity abounds, trouble waxes hot; false love waxes cold, and true love waxes warmer than it was before; the cold blasts of persecution blow up the love of a few, but blow out the love of many more.
These are the signs laid down by our Saviour foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem: and forasmuch as Jerusalem’s destruction was not only a forerunner, but a figure of Christ’s coming to judgment, these are also the signs foretelling the approach of that dreadful day. Verse 13. He that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.
Our Saviour closes his discourse with an exhortation to constancy and perseverance: teaching us, That there is no such way to overcome temptation and persecution, as by keeping our integrity, and persevering in our fidelity to Christ.
2. That constancy and perseverance in our integrity and fidelity towards Christ, is sometimes attended with temporal salvation and deliverance in this life, but shall certainly be rewarded with eternal salvation in the next: He that endureth unto the end, the same shall be saved.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv8–10 All these are the beginning of sorrows,.... They were…
All these are the beginning of sorrows,.... They were only a prelude unto them, and forerunners of them; they were only some foretastes of what would be, and were far from being the worst that should be endured. These were but light, in comparison of what befell the Jews, in their dreadful destruction. The word here used, signifies the sorrows and pains of a woman in travail. The Jews expect great sorrows and distresses in the times of the Messiah, and use a word to express them by, which answers to this, and call them, , "the sorrows of the Messiah"; they say (r), signifies the sorrows of a woman in travail; and the Syriac version uses the same word here. These they represent to be very great, and express much concern to be delivered from them. They (s) ask,
"what shall a man do, to be delivered from "the sorrows of the Messiah?" He must employ himself in the law, and in liberality.''
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And again (t),
"he that observes the three meals on the sabbath day, shall be delivered from three punishments; from "the sorrows of the Messiah", from the judgment of hell, and from Gog and Magog.''
But alas there was no other way of escaping them, but by faith in the true Messiah, Jesus; and it was for their disbelief and rejection of him, that these came upon them.
(r) Gloss. in T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 118. 2. (s) T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 98. 2. (t) T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 118. 2.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv9–10 Then shall they deliver you up to affliction -…
Then shall they deliver you up to affliction - As if ye were the cause of all these evils. And ye shall be hated of all nations - Even of those who tolerate all other sects and parties; but in no nation will the children of the devil tolerate the children of God. Matt. x, 17.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv8–10 Verse 8. All these are the beginning of sorrows.]…
Verse 8. All these are the beginning of sorrows.] ωδινων, travailing pains. The whole land of Judea is represented under the notion of a woman in grievous travail; but our Lord intimates, that all that had already been mentioned were only the first pangs and throes, and nothing in comparison of that hard and death-bringing labour, which should afterwards take place.
From the calamities of the nation in general, our Lord passes to those of the Christians; and, indeed, the sufferings of his followers were often occasioned by the judgments sent upon the land, as the poor Christians were charged with being the cause of these national calamities, and were cruelly persecuted on that account.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv9–10 Mat 24:9. Then shall they deliver you up to…
Mat 24:9. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, &c. — From the calamities of the nation in general, he passes to those of the Christians in particular: and indeed the former were in a great measure the occasion of the latter; famines, pestilences, earthquakes, and the like calamities, being reckoned judgments for the sins of the Christians, and the poor Christians being often maltreated and persecuted on that account, as we learn from some of the earliest apologies for the Christian religion. Now the calamities which were to befall the Christians were cruel persecutions, and we need look no further than the Acts of the Apostles for the completion of this prediction. But if we would look further, we have still a more melancholy proof of the truth of it in the persecutions under Nero, in which, not to mention numberless other Christians, those two great champions of the Christian faith, Peter and Paul, fell. Indeed, as Tertullian calls it, it was nominis prælium, a war against the very name. For though a man was possessed of every human virtue, it was crime enough if he was a Christian; so true were our Saviour’s words, that they should be hated of all nations for his name’s sake.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv8–10 The beginning of sorrows - Far heavier calamities are…
The beginning of sorrows - Far heavier calamities are yet to come before the end.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v9 Then shall they deliver you up, &c. The fourth…
Then shall they deliver you up, &c. The fourth sign, common to both these events, shall be the persecution raised against the Church, which will be two-fold; it will regard both body and soul. See Luke xxi. 12; Mark xiii. 9. All this happened to the apostles previously to the seige of Jerusalem, as well as to the martyrs in subsequent times. A similar persecution, attended probably with additional severity, will most probably be the lot of the faithful during the reign of Antichrist. The calamities, bloodshed, and utter ruin which took place at the destruction of the city and temple of Jerusalem, are a figure of the still more dreadful calamities, bloodshed, and ruin to be expected towards the end of the world; and which should be frequently present to our minds. The late learned and venerable prelate Walmesly admonishes all parents to be ever ready to meet, with Christian resignation, the awful and approaching event; for the rest of the world, as we learn from revelation, will be taken by surprise, as the people at the deluge. Yes, this last may literally be styled a bloody trial; for the Church, which was purified with blood, began in blood, increased in blood, and will end in blood. Sanguine mundata est ecclesia, sanguine cœpit,
Sanguine succrevit, sanguine finis erit.
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The last chapter of the Apocalypse, which is the last communication of the divine will to man, is deserving our frequent and very attentive perusal. In it Jesus Christ, by his repeated warnings, wishes to awaken us to a sense of that day of general retribution, saying: surely I come quickly: behold I come quickly: and my reward is with me, to render to every man according to his work. (Behold the merit of good works proceeding from faith and charity.) With what earnestness have the servants of God, in every age, prayed with St. John: (ibid.) Come, Lord Jesus; come, put a final end to the reign of sin and Satan; come, admit thy elect, who have been purified in the waters of the great persecution, and in the blood of the Lamb, to thy heavenly bosom; to that happy sanctuary and asylum, where no hunger or thirst, no scorching heat or the sun, no fiery temptation will any more reach or molest them; where the sigh and the groan will not be heard; where all tears will be wiped away from every eye, and where they will be inebriated at the torrent of immortal delights, and will see and enjoy the Lord Jesus, without any apprehension of offending him, for ever and ever. (Haydock)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv8–10 8. Beginning of sorrows — Those more distant troubles…
8. Beginning of sorrows — Those more distant troubles and tribulations, while they have no connection with the END of the world, are but the omens of the nearer catastrophe to the state and temple about which you have inquired.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv8, 10 8. sorrows] Literally, pains of travail, that preceded the…
8. sorrows] Literally, pains of travail, that preceded the birth of a new order of things, a fresh æon.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv8–10 (8) The beginning of sorrows.—The words mean strictly, the…
(8) The beginning of sorrows.—The words mean strictly, the beginning of travail pangs. The troubles through which the world passes are thought of as issuing in a “new birth”—the “regeneration” of Mat_19:28. So St. Paul speaks of the whole creation as “travailing in pain together” (Rom_8:22). So a time of national suffering and perplexity is one in which “the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth” (Isa_37:3).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv8–10 Beginning of sorrows; wdinwn : labour pangs, travailings. The…
Beginning of sorrows; wdinwn : labour pangs, travailings. The metaphor often occurs. (see Isa_26:17 Jer_13:21 Hos_13:13, etc) These great events are called "labour pangs" because they usher in the new creation, "the regeneration" spoken of in Mat_19:28 (see note there). St. Paul writes, (Rom_8:22) "The whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now." The tribulations and calamities which preceded and accompanied the overthrow of the Jewish polity are a sign and warning of the great and universal woes Which shall herald the day of judgment. Jewish writings speak of "the sorrows of Messiah," distresses, wars, famine, dissension, etc., which should herald his advent, and Christ may have used the popular opinion, true as far as it went, as a vehicle for conveying the further truth, that the coming age would be produced amid terrible agonies of men, peoples, and nature.
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain On vv8, 10 8, 9. Shall deliver you up to tribulation. To…
8, 9. Shall deliver you up to tribulation. To persecution. Soon literally fulfilled in the Jewish persecutions. The awful persecution of Nero also soon followed. Ye shall be hated. Tacitus, describing Nero's persecution begun in a.d. 64, says “the Christians were haters of mankind.”
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Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain On v9 v. 9. Then shall they deliver you up to…
Persecutions:
v. 9. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you; and ye shall be hated of all nations for My name’s sake.
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v. 10. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
v. 11. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
v. 12. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
v. 13. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
v. 14. And this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
It is a prophecy of the fate which was in store for the apostles and disciples during the generation preceding the fall of Jerusalem, as well as the persecutions that would fall to the lot of the confessing Christians of all times, especially that time just preceding the final dissolution of the world, the Last Judgment. Then they, the enemies, would deliver them into affliction, that the pressure of every form of hatred would encompass them. And this hatred would not hesitate at times, since this is its favorite mood, to put some of them to death, Luk 21:16; Joh 16:2. All this abundantly fell to the lot, not only of the early disciples and the Christians of the first three centuries, as in the ten persecutions, but also to the Bible Christians of the later centuries, when they became the victims of the inquisition, of religious wars, and of political machinations. The position of the followers of Christ of all times has been that of the hated ones for the sake of the Lord’s name. The mere bearing of the Christian name, in some of the early persecutions, was a crime to which was attached the death penalty. And the same hatred is abroad in the land today, intolerance and bigotry, not directed primarily against languages, but against the truth of Christianity. To the hatred of the enemies of Christ would be added betrayal by members of the Church themselves, who would finally take offense at the crosses which were laid upon the disciples. Offense, betrayal, hatred, is the natural course of events in a case of that kind, not only in the apostolic and ante-Nicene Church, where such former members of the congregations were designated by special names, but also in our days, when science, falsely so called, is causing many members to stumble and fall, and finally to become enemies of the Bible and of the Church.
These conditions would be rendered still more difficult to bear because false prophets would arise in the very midst of the congregations, Act 20:29-30; 2Ti 2:17-18, as they do today, counteracting the effect of the pure Gospel-preaching and causing further offense by leading many into error. And in the same measure and degree as godliness and iniquity increase, real love and charity among the Christians would decrease, would be chilled and killed by the winds of affliction. There the combined admonition and promise stands out like a glorious emblem. He that endures patiently, bearing all for the sake of the Lord’s name, he whose faith remains unwavering, and whose life bears witness to that faith, he shall be saved, shall finally be delivered from all evil and receive eternal glory as a reward of mercy. "This is what matters here, where we have a life full of crosses, and the devil and the world place many obstructions in the way, that the exponents of Christianity endure to the end, that is, valiantly conquer all obstructions and offenses, if thou desirest to be saved before God. For the kingdom of heaven, Christ says elsewhere, Mat 11:12, suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. Therefore a Christian must not only begin in faith, hope, love, patience, and continue for a while, but also continue to the end. Otherwise, if all the good would materialize that we attempt, heaven would be on earth. ")
There is also a great deal of comfort in the second promise of the Lord, that the end of the world will come when the Gospel has been preached throughout the inhabited world. Jesus purposely does not fix exact limits, but makes His statement very general, in order to prevent the foolish reckoning of time, which has become such a fad in our days. Very extensively, throughout the heathen world, to and among all nations, to prevent false accusations as to favoritism, this Gospel, the Gospel of His grace and mercy, would be proclaimed. It is both promise and encouragement, promise of a shedding forth of His gracious message in abundant measure, encouragement to carry on the mission-work which thereby fell to their lot, with undaunted courage and willingness.
Paul E. Kretzmann, Popular Commentary of the Bible (1921–1924) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v9 they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill…
they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you
"people will give you over to the authorities, who will make you suffer and will kill you."
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You will be hated by all the nations
Here "nations" is a metonym, referring to the people of nations. This can be stated in active form. AT: "People from every nation will hate you" (See: Active or Passive and Metonymy)
for my name's sake
Here "name" refers to the complete person. AT: "because you believe in me" (See: Metonymy)
will rise up
"Rise" here is an idiom for "become established." AT: "will come" (See: Idiom)
and lead many astray
Here "lead ... astray" is a metaphor for persuading someone to believe something that is not true. AT: "and deceive many people" (See: Metaphor)
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deliver
tribulation
nation
stumble
betray
false prophet
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv8–10 24:8 first of the birth pains: Intense anguish is…
24:8 first of the birth pains: Intense anguish is expected just prior to Jesus’ second coming (see also 24:29-31; Isa 13:8; 26:17; Jer 4:31; 6:24; Mic 4:9-10).
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