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Matthew 24:9

King James Version (KJV)

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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.

Matthew 24:9 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Matthew 24:9

Theological / Devotional

Deliver you up. See on chs. 5:10-12; 10:17-24. Stephen (Acts 7:59, 60), Peter and John (Acts 4:3-7, 21), and Peter and James (Acts 12:1-4) were among the first Christians to suffer at the hands of the authorities. Paul appeared before Felix, Festus, Agrippa, and Caesar (Acts 24 to 28). Compare Mark 13:9-12. In Matt. 24:21, 22 Christ speaks specifically of persecution to come after the fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70.

For my name’s sake. That is, “on account of me,” equivalent to saying, “because you are Christians” (see on ch. 5:11).

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