Matthew 10:21 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.”
Matthew 10:21 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Matthew 10:2117 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Matthew 10:21
Having placed the comfort first, He adds the more alarming perils; 'Brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father the son; children shall rise against parents, to put them to death.'
Wrongs which we suffer from strangers, pain us less than those we suffer from men on whose affections we had counted; for besides the bodily affliction, there is then the pain of lost affection.
This we see often happen in persecutions, nor is there any true affection between those whose faith is different.
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