Matthew 24 · Verse 10

Matthew 24:10

And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
Matthew 24:10, King James Version

Matthew 24:10 in other translations

BSBAt that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,
WEBThen many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.
ASVAnd then shall many stumble, and shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.
YLTand then shall many be stumbled, and they shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.
DARBYAnd then will many be offended, and will deliver one another up, and hate one another;
BBEAnd numbers of people will be turned from the right way, and will give one another up and have hate for one another.
WebsterAnd then will many be offended, and will betray one another, and will hate one another.

What does Matthew 24:10 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 10. Shall many be offended. Mt 5:29. Many shall stumble, fall, apostatize, from a profession of religion. Many who professed to love me, shall then show that they had no real attachment to me; and in those trying times shall show that they knew nothing of genuine Christian love. See 1Jn 2:19.

Shall betray one another. Those who thus apostatize from professed attachment to me shall betray others who really love me. This they would do to secure their own safety, by revealing the names, habitations, or places of concealment of others.

Shall hate one another. Not that real Christians would do this, but those who had professed to be such, would then show that they were not, and would hate one another. Luke adds, that they should be betrayed, "by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends." They would break over the most tender ties to surrender Christians to punishment. So great would be their hatred of Christianity, that it would overcome all the natural endearments of kindred and home. This, in the persecutions of Christians, has been often done; and nothing shows more fully the deep and deadly hatred of the human heart to the gospel.

(k) "offended" Mt 13:21

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 Then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another - To illustrate this point, one sentence out of Tacitus (Annal. l. xv). will be sufficient, who, speaking of the persecution under Nero, says, At first several were seized, who confessed, and then by Their Discovery a great multitude of others were convicted and executed.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 24:4-28

The disciples had asked concerning the times, When these things should be? Christ gave them no answer to that; but they had also asked, What shall be the sign? This question he answers fully. The prophecy first respects events near at hand, the destruction of Jerusalem, the end of the Jewish church and state, the calling of the Gentiles, and the setting up of Christ's kingdom in the world; but it also looks to the…

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Matthew 24:10 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
τότεtotethenG5119
σκανδαλισθήσονταιskandalisthēsontaiwill fall awayG4624
πολλοὶpolloimanyG4183
καὶkaiandG2532
ἀλλήλουςallēlousone anotherG240
παραδώσουσινparadōsousinthey will betrayG3860
καὶkaiandG2532
μισήσουσινmisēsousinthey will hateG3404
ἀλλήλους·allēlousone another;G240

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Cross references for Matthew 24:10

  • Micah 7:5-6

    Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

  • Mark 13:12

    Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.

  • Matthew 11:6

    And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

  • Luke 21:16

    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.

  • Mark 4:17

    And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.

  • 2 Timothy 4:16

    At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.

  • John 6:66-67

    From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?

  • Matthew 13:21

    Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

  • Matthew 10:21

    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 10:35-36

    For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.

  • Matthew 26:31-34

    Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended. Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.

  • 2 Timothy 4:10

    For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
shall many.
11:6; 13:21,57; 26:31-34; Mr 4:17; Joh 6:60,61,66,67; 2Ti 1:15
2Ti 4:10,16
betray.
10:21,35,36; 26:21-24; Mic 7:5,6; Mr 13:12; Lu 21:16

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Context

  • Matthew 24:9

    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.

  • Matthew 24:10

    And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

  • Matthew 24:11

    And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

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Matthew 24:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y muchos entonces serán escandalizados; y se entregarán unos á otros, y unos á otros se aborrecerán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et alors plusieurs seront scandalisés, et se livreront l’un l’autre, et se haïront l’un l’autre;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und dann werden viele geärgert werden und werden einander überliefern und einander hassen;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et tunc scandalizabuntur multi, et invicem tradent, et odio habebunt invicem.