Matthew 24:9 - New International Version (Anglicised) ‘Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then they will hand you over to suffer affliction and tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake. American Standard Version (1901) Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name’s sake. Common English Bible They will arrest you, abuse you, and they will kill you. All nations will hate you on account of my name. Catholic Public Domain Version Then they will hand you over to tribulation, and they will kill you. And you will be hated by all nations for the sake of my name. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall put you to death: and you shall be hated by all nations for my name's sake. |
‘Those who are wise will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by the sword or be burned or captured or plundered.
Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town.
Because of this, God in his wisdom said, “I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.”
‘But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name.
They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me.
They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.
But we want to hear what your views are, for we know that people everywhere are talking against this sect.’
While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, ‘Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.’
However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.
Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.
I know where you live – where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city – where Satan lives.
I answered, ‘Sir, you know.’ And he said, ‘These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.