New Living Translation
Matthew 24:9
9“Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers.
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 go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world. 8But all this is only the first of the birth pains, with more to come. “Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers. 10And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other. 11And many false prophets will appear and will 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 10:17But beware! For you will be handed over to the courts and will be flogged with whips in the synagogues.
- Matthew 22:6Others seized his messengers and insulted them and killed them.
- Matthew 23:34“Therefore, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers of religious law. But you will kill some by crucifixion, and you will flog others with whips in your synagogues, chasing them from city to city.
- Mark 13:9“When these things begin to happen, watch out! You will be handed over to the local councils and beaten in the synagogues. You will stand trial before governors and kings because you are my followers. But this will be your opportunity to tell them about me.
- Luke 11:49This is what God in his wisdom said about you: ‘I will send prophets and apostles to them, but they will kill some and persecute the others.’
- Luke 21:12“But before all this occurs, there will be a time of great persecution. You will be dragged into synagogues and prisons, and you will stand trial before kings and governors because you are my followers.
- John 15:19The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you.
- John 15:20Do you remember what I told you? ‘A slave is not greater than the master.’ Since they persecuted me, naturally they will persecute you. And if they had listened to me, they would listen to you.
- John 16:2For you will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are doing a holy service for God.
- Acts 4:2These leaders were very disturbed that Peter and John were teaching the people that through Jesus there is a resurrection of the dead.
- Acts 5:40The others accepted his advice. They called in the apostles and had them flogged. Then they ordered them never again to speak in the name of Jesus, and they let them go.
- Acts 7:59As they stoned him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
- Acts 12:1About that time King Herod Agrippa began to persecute some believers in the church.
- Acts 21:31As they were trying to kill him, word reached the commander of the Roman regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
- Acts 22:19“‘But Lord,’ I argued, ‘they certainly know that in every synagogue I imprisoned and beat those who believed in you.
- Acts 28:22But we want to hear what you believe, for the only thing we know about this movement is that it is denounced everywhere.”
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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