Matthew 10:21 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 10:16-39

The internal conditions of conveying Christ ' s message. The subdivisions of this section are after Matthew 10:23 and Matthew 10:33 (cf. Matthew 10:5 , note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 10:21

The persecutors shall be found among those most closely connected with you by blood and natural affection. Observe that our Lord does not mention this until he has reminded them that they are connected by still deeper family ties with One above. The thought and partly the language of Matthew 10:21 , Matthew 10:22 comes in 4 Esdr. 6:24, 25, " Et erit in illo tempore debellabunt amici amicos ut inimici … et erit, omnis qui dcrelictus fuerit ex omnibus istis quibus praedixi tibi, ipse... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 10:21

The mission of religious persecution. In warning the apostles that their mission would involve persecution, our Lord clearly showed that such persecution was in the Divine plan, and, if in the Divine plan, it had its mission; it would prove to be a blessing; it was indeed a " blessing in disguise." The calamitous and distressing side of religious persecution has been so often dwelt on that it may be well to "turn the shield," and look on the brighter side. Religious persecution has its... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 10:21

And the brother shall deliver up the brother ... - Were there no evidence that this had been done, it would scarcely be “credible.” The ties which bind brothers and sisters, and parents and children together, are so strong that it could scarcely be believed that division of sentiment on religious subjects would cause them to forget these tender relations. Yet history assures us that this has been often done. If this be so, then how inexpressibly awful must be the malignity of the human heart by... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 10:21

Matthew 10:21. And the brother, who believeth not, shall deliver up the believing brother to death, and the father the child, &c. As if he had said, All the wisdom and justice of your apologies, though divinely inspired, will not disarm the malice of your unreasonable enemies, which shall prevail to such a degree as even to triumph over natural affection, and break asunder the strictest bonds of social life: for the nearest relations shall betray one another, not only to some... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 10:5-42

62. The twelve sent out (Matthew 10:5-42; Mark 6:7-13; Luke 9:1-6)Jesus sent out the twelve apostles to preach the good news that the kingdom of the Messiah had come. The miraculous powers of the Messiah were given to them also, so that the knowledge of his love and mercy might spread more quickly throughout the land (Luke 9:1-2).There would be no time during Jesus’ lifetime to spread the gospel worldwide, so the apostles had to concentrate on Israel. After Jesus’ death and resurrection they... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 10:21

child . . . children. Greek plural of teknon. App-108 . against. Greek. epi . App-104 . Not the same as in Matthew 10:18 . cause them to be put to death = will put them to death. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 10:21

And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child: and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.Tertullian referred this verse to others than the Twelve, writing:He has clearly announced with reference to the others, that they would be subjected to this form of unrighteous conduct, which we do not find exemplified in the case of the apostles. For none of them had experience of a father or a brother as a betrayer, which very many of us... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 10:21

Matthew 10:21. And the brother shall deliver up, &c.— "Such is the nature of the men among whom ye are going, and such the obstinacy with which they will oppose the Gospel, that, were it their brother, their father, or their son who preached it, they would make no scruple of being active in putting these nearest relationsto death. You may therefore expect the hottest persecution; but as you are to have great assistances, you need not be dismayed." See the next note. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 10:21

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—for example, by lodging information against them with the authorities. The deep and virulent hostility of the old nature and life to the new—as of Belial to Christ—was to issue in awful wrenches of the dearest ties; and the disciples, in the prospect of their cause and themselves being launched upon society, are here... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 10:16-39

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 10:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 10:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 10:21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 10:21

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 10:5-42

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 10:21

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 10:21

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 10:21

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 10:21

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