Luke - 21:16

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16 You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death.

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Explanation and meaning of Luke 21:16.

Differing Translations

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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.
But ye shall be delivered up even by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends; and'some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
And you shall be betrayed by your parents and brethren, and kinsmen and friends; and some of you they will put to death.
But ye will be delivered up even by parents and brethren and relations and friends, and they shall put to death some from among you,
But ye shall be delivered up even by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
And ye will be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsmen, and friends; and some of you will they cause to be put to death.
'And ye shall be delivered up also by parents, and brothers, and kindred, and friends, and they shall put of you to death;
And you shall be betrayed both by parents, and brothers, and kinfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, friends; and some of you they will put to death.
But you will be given up even by your fathers and mothers, your brothers and relations and friends; and some of you will be put to death.
And you will be handed over by your parents, and brothers, and relatives, and friends. And they will bring about the death of some of you.
You will be betrayed even by your parents and brothers and sisters and sisters and relatives and friends, and they will cause some of you to be put to death,

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren,.... See Gill on Matthew 10:21.
and kinsfolks, and friends. The Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions add, "your", to each of these relations, as your parents, &c.
and some of you shall they cause to be put to death; as Stephen was stoned to death, and James, the brother of John, Herod killed with the sword, Acts 7:58 and indeed all of them were put to death, except John, before the destruction of Jerusalem.

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