Bible Strands
Luke 21:16
You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus speaks to his disciples during his final teaching, positioned between the promise of divine speech and the declaration of universal hatred. The words — παραδοθήσεσθε (paradothēsesthe) means “you will be betrayed,” a passive future verb indicating the disciples will be handed over by others. The thread — The pattern of kinship betrayal and execution for faith runs through Luke 12:53, Jeremiah 9:4, and Revelation 6:9. Why it lands — The text demands that a reader accept familial rupture and potential martyrdom as the direct cost of allegiance to Christ.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Luke 12:53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
- Revelation 6:9 And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.
- Jeremiah 9:4 “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
- Micah 7:5 Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
- Matthew 10:21 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
- Mark 13:12 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
- Jeremiah 12:6 Even your brothers—your own father’s household—even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.
- Acts 7:59 While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
- Acts 12:2 He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.
- Revelation 2:13 I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits, yet you hold fast to My name. You did not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of My faithful witness Antipas, who was killed among you where Satan dwells.