Mark 13:12

“Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

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WEBBE

“Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.

BSB

Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.

KJV

Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.

ASV

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.

BBE

And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child; and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

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καὶ kai And G2532 παραδώσει paradōsei will deliver up G3860 δὲ de now G1161 ἀδελφὸς adelphos brother G80 ἀδελφὸν adelphon brother G80 εἰς eis to G1519 θάνατον thanaton death G2288 καὶ kai and G2532 πατὴρ patēr father G3962 τέκνον teknon child G5043 καὶ kai and G2532 ἐπαναστήσονται epanastēsontai will rise up G1881 τέκνα tekna children G5043 ἐπὶ epi against G1909 γονεῖς goneis parents G1118 καὶ kai and G2532 θανατώσουσιν thanatōsousin will put to death G2289 αὐτούς autous them G846

The early church

(ubi sup.) This has often been seen in time of persecution, nor can there be any firm affection amongst men who differ in faith.
Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
He also foretells to them a worse evil, that they should suffer persecution from their relations. Wherefore there follows: Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death; and ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 5–13

Our Lord Jesus, in reply to the disciples' question, does not so much satisfy their curiosity as direct their consciences. When many are deceived, we should thereby be awakened to look to ourselves. And the disciples of Christ, if it be not their own fault, may enjoy holy security and peace of mind, when all around is in disorder. But they must take heed that they are not drawn away from Christ and their duty to him, by the sufferings they will meet with for his sake. They shall be hated of all men: trouble enough! Yet the work they were called to should be carried on and prosper. Though they may be crushed and borne down, the gospel cannot be. The salvation promised is more than deliverance from evil, it is everlasting blessedness.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.