Luke 21:16
You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
17You will be hated by all men for my name's sake.
Cross References
Jeremiah 9:4"Take heed everyone of his neighbor, and do not trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
Micah 7:5Do not trust in a neighbor.Do not put confidence in a friend.With the woman lying in your embrace,be careful of the words of your mouth!
Mark 13:12"Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Acts 7:59They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"
Acts 26:10This I also did in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.
Revelation 6:9When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony which they had.
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 →