SEV Biblia, Chapter 24:9
Entonces os entregarn para ser afligidos, y os matarn; y seris aborrecidos de todas las naciones por causa de mi nombre.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:9
Verse 9. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted] Rather, Then they will deliver you up to affliction, eiv qliyin. 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 pantwn twn eqnwn means all the Gentiles, as in the parallel places in Mark xiii. 9-11, and in Luke xxi. 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, Acts iv. 5.
Some were brought before rulers and kings, as Paul before Gallio, Acts xviii. 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, Acts vi. 10, and Paul, who made even Felix himself tremble, Acts xxiv. 25. Some were imprisoned, as Peter and John, Acts iv. 3. Some were beaten, as Paul and Silas, Acts xvi. 23. Some were put to death, as Stephen, Acts vii. 59, and James the brother of John, Acts xii. 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 saviour'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.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 9. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted , etc.] Our Lord proceeds to acquaint his disciples, what should befall them in this interval; and quite contrary to their expectations, who were looking for a temporal kingdom, and worldly grandeur, assures them of afflictions, persecutions, and death; that about these times, when these various signs should appear, and this beginning of sorrows take place; whilst these will be fulfilling in Judea, and other parts of the world; the Jews continuing in their obstinacy and unbelief, would deliver them up to the civil magistrates, to be scourged and imprisoned by them; either to their own sanhedrim, as were Peter and John; or to the Roman governors, Gallio, Festus, and Felix, as was the Apostle Paul. And shall kill you ; as the two James, Peter, Paul, and even all the apostles, excepting John, who suffered martyrdom, and that before the destruction of Jerusalem: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my names sake ; as the apostles and first Christians were, both by Jews and Gentiles; the latter being stirred up against them by the former, wherever they came, and for no other reason, but because they professed and preached in the name of Christ, as the Acts of the Apostles show: and their hatred proceeded so far, as to charge all their calamities upon them; as war, famine, pestilence, earthquakes, etc. as the apologies of the first Christians declare.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 4-28 - The disciples had asked concerning the times, When these things shoul 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 firs 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 general judgment; and toward the close, points more particularly to the latter. What Christ here said to his disciples, tended more to promot caution than to satisfy their curiosity; more to prepare them for the events that should happen, than to give a distinct idea of the events This is that good understanding of the times which all should covet thence to infer what Israel ought to do. Our Saviour cautions his disciples to stand on their guard against false teachers. And he foretells wars and great commotions among nations. From the time tha the Jews rejected Christ, and he left their house desolate, the swor never departed from them. See what comes of refusing the gospel. Thos who will not hear the messengers of peace, shall be made to hear the messengers of war. But where the heart is fixed, trusting in God, it is kept in peace, and is not afraid. It is against the mind of Christ that his people should have troubled hearts, even in troublous times When we looked forward to the eternity of misery that is before the obstinate refusers of Christ and his gospel, we may truly say, The greatest earthly judgments are but the beginning of sorrows. It is comforting that some shall endure even to the end. Our Lord foretell the preaching of the gospel in all the world. The end of the worl shall not be till the gospel has done its work. Christ foretells the ruin coming upon the people of the Jews; and what he said here, woul be of use to his disciples, for their conduct and for their comfort. I God opens a door of escape, we ought to make our escape, otherwise we do not trust God, but tempt him. It becomes Christ's disciples, i times of public trouble, to be much in prayer: that is never out of season, but in a special manner seasonable when we are distressed of every side. Though we must take what God sends, yet we may pray agains sufferings; and it is very trying to a good man, to be taken by an work of necessity from the solemn service and worship of God on the sabbath day. But here is one word of comfort, that for the elect's sak these days shall be made shorter than their enemies designed, who woul have cut all off, if God, who used these foes to serve his own purpose had not set bounds to their wrath. Christ foretells the rapid spreadin of the gospel in the world. It is plainly seen as the lightning. Chris preached his gospel openly. The Romans were like an eagle, and the ensign of their armies was an eagle. When a people, by their sin, make themselves as loathsome carcasses, nothing can be expected but that God should send enemies to destroy them. It is very applicable to the da of judgment, the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in that day, 2Th 2:1 Let us give diligence to make our calling and election sure; then ma we know that no enemy or deceiver shall ever prevail against us.
Greek Textus Receptus
τοτε 5119 ADV παραδωσουσιν 3860 5692 V-FAI-3P υμας 5209 P-2AP εις 1519 PREP θλιψιν 2347 N-ASF και 2532 CONJ αποκτενουσιν 615 5692 V-FAI-3P υμας 5209 P-2AP και 2532 CONJ εσεσθε 2071 5704 V-FXI-2P μισουμενοι 3404 5746 V-PPP-NPM υπο 5259 PREP παντων 3956 A-GPN των 3588 T-GPN εθνων 1484 N-GPN δια 1223 PREP το 3588 T-ASN ονομα 3686 N-ASN μου 3450 P-1GS
Robertson's NT Word Studies
24:9 {Ye shall be hated} (esesqe misoumenoi). Periphrastic future passive to emphasize the continuous process of the linear action. For tribulation (qliyin see #13:21), a word common in the Acts, Epistles, and Apocalypse for the oppression (pressure) that the Christians received. {For my name's sake} (dia to onoma mou). The most glorious name in the world today, but soon to be a byword of shame (#Ac 5:41). The disciples would count it an honor to be dishonored for the Name's sake.
