Bible Strands
Matthew 24:9
Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses his disciples on the Mount of Olives, immediately after calling the preceding events "the beginning of birth pains" (24:8).
The words — παραδώσουσιν (paradōsousin), "they will hand over," implies a deliberate transfer of custody to enemies, not a chance encounter. θλῖψιν (thlipsin), rendered "persecuted" in the BSB, literally means "pressure" or "squeezing," a sustained force rather than a single blow.
The thread — Luke 21:16 is the parallel Synoptic prediction of betrayal by family and death; John 16:2 adds that killers will believe they are rendering religious service.
Why it lands — The verse removes the option of surprise: persecution is the expected cost of identification with Jesus, and its scope is universal ("all nations"). It asks the reader to stop treating faith as something that can be kept private or safe.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- John 16:2 They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
- John 15:19 If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
- 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.
- Revelation 2:10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
- Matthew 10:17 But beware of men, for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.
- Luke 21:12 But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.
- Mark 13:9 So be on your guard. You will be delivered over to the councils and beaten in the synagogues. On My account you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.
- 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.
- Revelation 7:14 “Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
- 1 Peter 4:16 But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.