12Now 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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. …
And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity. …
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-13)Our Lord Jesus, in reply to their question, sets himself, not so much to satisfy their curiosity as to direct their consciences; leaves them still in the dark concerning the times and seasons , which the father has kept in his own power , and which it was not for them to know ; but gives them the cautions which were needful, with reference to the events that should now shortly come to pass. I. The…
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