Luke 21:16
But ye shall be betrayed even by parents, and brethren, and relations, and friends; and some of you they shall put to death.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
17And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake.
Cross References
Mark 13:12And brother shall deliver up brother unto death, and the father the son: and children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Acts 7:59And they stoned Stephen, in the act of prayer, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!
Acts 26:10Which also I did at Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were killed, I gave my vote against them.
Revelation 6:9And when he opened the fifth seal I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they maintained.
Matthew Henry on Luke 21:6-20
Judgments Predicted. 5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, 6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass? 8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time… Read the whole commentary →