Luke 21:16

Luke 21:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
• New International Version (NIV)You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you they will put to death.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relatives and friends; and they will put some of you to death.

Context of Luke 21:16

14Therefore be resolved not to rehearse ahead of time how to make your defense. 15For I will give you the words along with the wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict. You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will have some of you put to death. 17You will be hated by everyone because of my name. 18Yet not a hair of your head will perish.

Luke 21:16 word by word

παραδοθήσεσθε δὲ καὶ ὑπὸ γονέων καὶ ἀδελφῶν καὶ συγγενῶν καὶ φίλων, καὶ θανατώσουσιν ἐξ ὑμῶν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• ye shall be betrayedπαραδίδωμιparadidōmi · to deliverG3860
• bothκαίkai · andG2532
• byὑπόhupo · by/under: byG5259
• parentsγονεύςgoneus · parentG1118
• brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• kinsfolksσυγγενήςsuggenēs · kindredG4773
• friendsφίλοςphilos · friendly/friendG5384
• ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• youσύsu · youG4771
• shall they cause to be put to deathθανατόωthanatoō · to killG2289

Cross-references for Luke 21:16

• Jeremiah 9:4Everyone must be on his guard around his friends. He must not even trust any of his relatives. For every one of them will find some way to cheat him. And all of his friends will tell lies about him.
• Jeremiah 12:6As a matter of fact, even your own brothers and the members of your own family have betrayed you too. Even they have plotted to do away with you. So do not trust them even when they say kind things to you.
• Micah 7:5Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Don’t even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms!
• Matthew 10:21“Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.
• Mark 13:12Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.
• Acts 7:59They continued to stone Stephen while he prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
• Acts 12:2He had James, the brother of John, executed with a sword.
• Acts 26:10And that is what I did in Jerusalem: Not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons by the authority I received from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote against them when they were sentenced to death.
• Revelation 2:13‘I know where you live – where Satan’s throne is. Yet you continue to cling to my name and you have not denied your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was killed in your city where Satan lives.
• Revelation 6:9Now when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been violently killed because of the word of God and because of the testimony they had given.
• Revelation 12:11But they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die.

Commentaries on Luke 21:16

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7-36Verses 7-36 The account of the destruction of Jerusalem contained in this chapter has been fully considered in the notes at Luke 21:9 Commotions - Insurrections. Subjects rising against their rulers. Luke 21:11 Fearful sights - See Matthew 24:7. Luke 21:12, Luke 21:13 Synagogues, and into prisons - See the notes at Mark 13:9-10. Luke 21:14 Settle it, therefore, in your hearts - Fix it firmly in your minds - so firmly as to become a settled principle…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-28Verses 5-28 With much curiosity those about Christ ask as to the time when the great desolation should be. He answers with clearness and fulness, as far as was necessary to teach them their duty; for all knowledge is desirable as far as it is in order to practice. Though spiritual judgements are the most common in gospel times, yet God makes use of temporal judgments also. Christ tells them what hard things they should suffer for his name's sake, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16Families in Jewish and Gentile communities have often been divided as some members follow Jesus and some reject him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-385-7. (See on Mt 24:1-3.)Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 21:16

• Hypocrisy
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Martyrdom
• Persecution
• Watchfulness

In the dictionaries

• Abundance
• Commotion
• Distress
• Gainsay
• Gospels
• Lift
• Look
• Mouth
• Surfeiting
• Terrify

Commentaries on Luke 21

• 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