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Matthew 24:9
9“Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers.
Context of Matthew 24:9
7Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8All these are the beginning of birth pains. “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. 10At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11and many 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 10:17Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues.
- Matthew 22:6The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them.
- Matthew 23:34Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town.
- Mark 13:9“You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues. On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.
- Luke 11:49Because of this, God in his wisdom said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.’
- Luke 21:12“But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name.
- John 15:19If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
- John 15:20Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.
- John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.
- Acts 4:2They were greatly disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people, proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
- Acts 5:40His speech persuaded them. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
- Acts 7:59While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
- Acts 12:1It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them.
- Acts 21:31While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of Jerusalem was in an uproar.
- Acts 22:19“ ‘Lord,’ I replied, ‘these people know that I went from one synagogue to another to imprison and beat those who believe in you.
- Acts 28:22But we want to hear what your views are, for we know that people everywhere 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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