God’s Word Translation
Matthew 24:9
9“Then they will hand you over to those who will torture and kill you. All nations will hate you because you are committed to me.
Matthew 24:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)“Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.
Context of Matthew 24:9
7Nation will fight against nation and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8All of these are only the beginning pains ⌞of the end⌟. “Then they will hand you over to those who will torture and kill you. All nations will hate you because you are committed to me. 10Then many will lose faith. They will betray and hate each other. 11Many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.
Read all of Matthew 24Matthew 24:9 word by word
Τότε παραδώσουσιν ὑμᾶς εἰς θλῖψιν καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσιν ὑμᾶς· καὶ ἔσεσθε μισούμενοι ὑπὸ πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν διὰ τὸ ὄνομά μου.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thenτότεtote · thenG5119
- shall they deliverπαραδίδωμιparadidōmi · to deliverG3860
- youσύsu · youG4771
- up to beεἰςeis · towardG1519
- afflictedθλῖψιςthlipsis · pressureG2347
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- shall killἀποκτείνωapokteinō · to killG615
- ye shall beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- hatedμισέωmiseō · to hateG3404
- ofὑπόhupo · by/under: byG5259
- allπᾶςpas · allG3956
- nationsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- nationsἔθνοςethnos · GentilesG1484
- forδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
- myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- name’sὄνομαonoma · nameG3686
Cross-references for Matthew 24:9
- Matthew 10:17Watch out for people who will hand you over to the Jewish courts and whip you in their synagogues.
- Matthew 22:6The rest grabbed the king’s servants, mistreated them, and then killed them.
- Matthew 23:34I’m sending you prophets, wise men, and teachers of the Scriptures. You will kill and crucify some of them. Others you will whip in your synagogues and persecute from city to city.
- Mark 13:9“Be on your guard! People will hand you over to the Jewish courts and whip you in their synagogues. You will stand in front of governors and kings to testify to them because of me.
- Luke 11:49That’s why the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles. They will murder some of those prophets and apostles and persecute others.’
- Luke 21:12“Before all these things happen, people will arrest and persecute you. They will hand you over to their synagogues and put you into their prisons. They will drag you in front of kings and governors because of my name.
- John 15:19If you had anything in common with the world, the world would love you as one of its own. But you don’t have anything in common with the world. I chose you from the world, and that’s why the world hates you.
- John 15:20Remember what I told you: ‘A servant isn’t greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they did what I said, they will also do what you say.
- John 16:2You will be thrown out of synagogues. Certainly, the time is coming when people who murder you will think that they are serving God.
- Acts 4:2These religious authorities were greatly annoyed. Peter and John were teaching the people and spreading the message that the dead will come back to life through Jesus.
- Acts 5:40The council took his advice. They called the apostles, beat them, ordered them not to speak about the one named Jesus, and let them go.
- Acts 7:59While council members were executing Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, welcome my spirit.”
- Acts 12:1About that time King Herod devoted his attention to mistreating certain members of the church.
- Acts 21:31As the people were trying to kill Paul, the officer in charge of the Roman soldiers received a report that all Jerusalem was rioting.
- Acts 22:19“I said, ‘Lord, people here know that I went from synagogue to synagogue to imprison and whip those who believe in you.
- Acts 28:22However, we would like to hear what you think. We know that everywhere people are talking against this sect.”
Commentaries on Matthew 24:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted - Rather, Then they will deliver you up to affliction, . By a bold figure of speech, affliction is here personified. They are to be delivered into affliction's own hand, to be harassed by all the modes of inventive torture. Ye shall be hated of all nations - Both Jew and Gentile will unite in persecuting and tormenting you. Perhaps means all the Gentiles, as in the parallel places in Mark 13:9-11, and in Luke…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9To be afflicted - By persecution, imprisonment, scourging, etc. “They shall deliver you up to councils” (Mark). To the great council, or Sanhedrin - for this is the word in the original. See the notes at Matthew 5:22. This was fulfilled when Peter and John were brought before the council, Acts 4:5-7. Mark further adds Mark 13:9 that they should be delivered to synagogues and to prisons to be beaten, and should be brought before rulers and kings for his…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-28Verses 4-28 The disciples had asked concerning the times, When these things should be? Christ gave them no answer to that; but they had also asked, What shall be the sign? This question he answers fully. The prophecy first respects events near at hand, the destruction of Jerusalem, the end of the Jewish church and state, the calling of the Gentiles, and the setting up of Christ's kingdom in the world; but it also looks to the general judgment; and toward…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9hated (see Acts 28:22): At the end of the first century, the Roman historian Tacitus described Christians as “the hated ones of mankind” (Tacitus, Annals 15.44). The suffering of righteous people sometimes has the purpose of encouraging repentance and obedience (see Exodus 4:31; Deuteronomy 4:30; Judges 10:6–16; Psalms 34:19; 37:39; 50:15).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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