Matthew 24 · Verse 9

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 24:9, King James Version

Matthew 24:9 in other translations

BSBThen they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
WEB“Then they will deliver you up to oppression and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake.
ASVThen shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name’s sake.
YLTthen they shall deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all the nations because of my name;
DARBYThen shall they deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you; and ye will be hated of all the nations for my name's sake.
BBEThen they will be cruel to you, and will put you to death: and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.
WebsterThen will they deliver you up to be afflicted, and will kill you: and ye will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.

What does Matthew 24:9 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 9. To be afflicted. By persecution, imprisonment, scourging, etc. "They shall deliver you up to councils," Mk 13:9: to the great council, or sanhedrim--for this is the word in the original. Mt 5:22. This was fulfilled when Peter and John were brought before the council, Acts 4:5-7. Mark further adds, Mk 13:9 that they should be delivered to synagogues and to prisons to be beaten, and should be brought before rulers and kings for his name's sake. All this was remarkably fulfilled. Peter and John were imprisoned, Acts 4:3; Paul and Silas also, Ac 16:24. They were also beaten, (Acts 16:23.) Paul was brought before Gallio, Ac 18:12; before Felix, Ac 24:24; and before Agrippa, Acts 25:23.

And shall kill you. That is, shall kill some of you. Stephen was stoned, Acts 7:59; James was killed by Herod, Acts 12:2, and in addition to all that the sacred writers have told us, the persecution under Nero took place before the destruction of Jerusalem, in which were put to death, with many others, Peter and Paul. Most of the apostles, it is believed, died by persecution. When they were delivered up, Jesus told them not to premeditate what they should say, for he would give them a mouth of wisdom, which all their adversaries could not gainsay or resist, Lk 21:14,15. The fulfillment of this is recorded in the case of Stephen, Acts 6:10; and of Paul, who made Felix tremble, Acts 24:25.

Ye shall be hated of all nations. This was fulfilled then, and has been in all ages. It was judged to be a crime to be a Christian. Multitudes for this, and for nothing else, were put to death.

For my name's sake. On account of attachment to me; or because you bear my name as Christians.

(h) "Then shall" Lk 21:12 (i) "kill you" Jn 16:2, Acts 7:59

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted - Rather, Then they will deliver you up to affliction, εις θλιψιν. By a bold figure of speech, affliction is here personified. They are to be delivered into affliction's own hand, to be harassed by all the modes of inventive torture. Ye shall be hated of all nations - Both Jew and Gentile will unite in persecuting and tormenting you. Perhaps παντων των εθνων means all the Gentiles, as in the parallel places in Mar 13:9-11, and in Luk 21:12-15, the Jewish persecution is mentioned distinctly. Ye shall be delivered up to Councils and be beaten in Synagogues, and ye shall stand before governors and kings for my name's sake - be not anxiously careful beforehand what ye shall speak - for ye are not the speakers, but the Holy Spirit will speak by you - I will give you utterance and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to contradict or resist. We need go no farther than the Acts of the Apostles for the completion of these particulars. Some were delivered to councils, as Peter and John, Act 4:5. Some were brought before rulers and kings, as Paul before Gallio, Act 18:12, before Felix, Acts 24, before Festus and Agrippa, Acts 25. Some had utterance and wisdom which their adversaries were not able to resist: so Stephen, Act 6:10, and Paul, who made even Felix himself tremble, Act 24:25. Some were imprisoned, as Peter and John, Act 4:3. Some were beaten, as Paul and Silas, Act 16:23. Some were put to death, as Stephen, Act 7:59, and James the brother of John, Act 12:2. But if we look beyond the book of the Acts of the Apostles, to the bloody persecutions under Nero, we shall find these predictions still more amply fulfilled: in these, numberless Christians fell, besides those two champions of the faith Peter and Paul. And it was, as says Tertullian, nominis praelium, a war against the very name of Christ; for he who was called Christian had committed crime enough, in bearing the name, to be put to death. So true were our Savior's words, that they should be hated of all men for his Name's sake. But they were not only to be hated by the Gentiles, but they were to be betrayed by apostates.

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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 24:9 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.

ΤότεToteThenG5119
παραδώσουσινparadōsousinwill they deliverG3860
ὑμᾶςhumasyouG4771
εἰςeistoG1519
θλῖψινthlipsintribulationG2347
καὶkaiandG2532
ἀποκτενοῦσινapoktenousinwill killG615
ὑμᾶς·humasyou;G4771
καὶkaiandG2532
ἔσεσθεesestheyou will beG1510
μισούμενοιmisoumenoihatedG3404
ὑπὸhupobyG5259
πάντωνpantōnallG3956
τῶνtōntheG3588
ἐθνῶνethnōnnationsG1484
διὰdiaon account ofG1223
τὸtotheG3588
ὄνομάonomanameG3686
μου.mouof Me.G3165

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Matthew 24:9

  • John 16:2

    They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

  • John 15:19-20

    If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

  • Luke 21:16-17

    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. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake.

  • Revelation 2:10

    Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

  • Luke 21:12

    But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.

  • Matthew 10:17-22

    But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. …

  • Mark 13:9-13

    But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. And the gospel must first be published among all nations. But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. 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. …

  • Revelation 6:9-11

    And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

  • Revelation 7:14

    And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

  • 1 Peter 4:16

    Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16

    For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

  • Acts 5:40-41

    And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
shall they.
10:17-22; 22:6; 23:34; Mr 13:9-13; Lu 11:49; 21:12,16,17; Joh 15:19
Joh 15:20; 16:2; Ac 4:2,3; 5:40,41; 7:59; 12:1,2-5; 21:31,32
Ac 22:19-22; 28:22; 1Th 2:14-16; 1Pe 4:16; Re 2:10,13; 6:9-11; 7:14

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Context

  • Matthew 24:8

    All these are the beginning of sorrows.

  • 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.

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Matthew 24:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces os entregarán para ser afligidos, y os matarán; y seréis aborrecidos de todas las gentes por causa de mi nombre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Alors ils vous livreront pour être affligés, et ils vous feront mourir; et vous serez haïs de toutes les nations à cause de mon nom.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Dann werden sie euch in Drangsal überliefern und euch töten; und ihr werdet von allen Nationen gehaßt werden um meines Namens willen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Tunc tradent vos in tribulationem, et occident vos: et eritis odio omnibus gentibus propter nomen meum.