Luke 21:16

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.