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Selected Verse: Matthew 24:10 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mt 24:10 |
King James |
And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Many shall be offended - See the notes at Mat 5:29. Many shall stumble, fall, apostatize from a profession of religion. Many who "professed" to love me will then show that they had no "real" attachment to me; and in those trying times it will be seen that they knew nothing of genuine Christian love. See Jo1 2:19.
Shall betray one another - Those who thus apostatize from professed attachment to me will 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 his true followers, and would hate one another. Luke adds that they should be betrayed "by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends," Luk 21:16. 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 often occurred, and nothing shows more fully the deep and deadly hatred of the human heart to the gospel. Compare the notes at Mat 10:21. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Then shall many he offended - So as utterly to make shipwreck of faith and a pure conscience. But hold ye fast faith, Mat 24:11. in spite of false prophets: love, even when iniquity and offences abound, Mat 24:12. And hope, unto the end, Mat 24:13. He that does so, shall be snatched out of the burning. The love of many will wax cold - The generality of those who love God will (like the Church at Ephesus, Rev 2:4,) leave their first love. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| 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. |
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.
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.
19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.