Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 24:10
And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
10. offended ] Disappointed hopes will bring about a disruption of Christian unity and love.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
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 1Jo 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.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 10. 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.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Mark saith, Mar 13:12,13, The brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my names sake. Luke saith, Luk 21:16,17, 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. And ye shall be hated of all men for my names sake. Many shall be offended; the meaning is, shall turn apostates, stumbling at these great afflictions and persecutions for the gospel.
And shall betray one another. We read of several apostates in holy writ, such as Phigellus, Hermogenes, Demas, Hymeneus, Philetus, and others; but all things not being written that were done, we have no particular record of such treachery as is here mentioned. But it is no other than we may reasonably presume was done, though we had not been assured of it, to justify our Saviours prediction. There is no time of great persecution but proves a time of great apostasy and some treachery. It hath been a constant observation, that no hatred flames to that degree with hatred upon the account of religion. Nor is what our Saviour here predicted more than the history of all ages of the church have justified.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And then shall many be offended,…. That is, many who had been hearers of the apostles, and professors of the Christian religion; who were highly pleased with it, and were strenuous advocates for it, whilst things were tolerably quiet and easy; but when they saw the apostles, some of them beaten, and imprisoned; others put to death, and others forced to fly from place to place; and persecutions and affliction, because of Christ and his Gospel, likely to befall themselves, would be discouraged hereby, and stumble at the cross; and fall off from the faith of the Gospel, and the profession of it:
and shall betray one another; meaning, that the apostates, who would fall off from the Christian religion, would prove treacherous to true believers, and give in their names to the persecutors, or inform them where they were, that they might take them, or deliver them into their hands themselves: these are the false brethren, the Apostle Paul was in perils among:
and shall hate one another; not that the true Christians should hate these false brethren, any more than betray them; for they are taught to love all men, even their enemies; but these apostates should hate them, in whose communion they before were, and to whom they belonged; and even to a very great degree of hatred, as it often is seen, that such who turn their backs on Christ, and his Gospel, prove the most bitter enemies, and most violent persecutors of its preachers and followers.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Mat 24:10
. Then will many be offended. He now enumerates the temptations which will arise from bad examples. Now this is an exceedingly violent temptation, and difficult to overcome; for Christ is to many a stone of offense, (1Pe 2:8,) on which some dash themselves, or by meeting which some are thrown back, and others fall away. In this expression Christ appears to me to include many kinds of troubles; for not only do they that had entered into the right course fall away, but many are exasperated against Christ; others, forgetful of moderation and justice, break out into rage; others grow profane, and lose every feeling of piety; and others, amidst the confusion which prevails, take upon themselves a liberty to commit crimes.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(10) Shall many be offended.The words point primarily to those who were believers in Christ, and found, a stumbling-block either in the new aspects of truth from time to time presented, or in the slowness of its victory, or in the delayed coming of the Lord. (Comp. 2Pe. 3:4.)
Shall hate one another.The words received a terrible fulfilment in the faction-fights of the Zealots and Sicarii at Jerusalem (Jos. Wars, iv. 3), in the disputes in every city between believing and unbelieving Jews (Act. 13:50; Act. 14:19; Act. 17:5; Act. 18:6; Act. 19:9), in the bitter hatred of the Judaisers against St. Paul (Act. 23:12).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
10. Many Many professing Christians. There shall be apostacies and scandals in the Church.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
“And then will many stumble (or ‘be entrapped’), and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.”
Not all will go smoothly, even among His followers. The world will stumble on in its darkness, and some of those who profess to follow Him will also be ensnared by the world, and will stumble, and they will then act vindictively against their one time ‘brethren’, delivering them up to the authorities and being filled with hatred against them, following the patterns among the Jews (Mat 10:17; Mat 10:21-22; compare Joh 16:2). No one knows how to hate better than an apostate, and there is nothing more painful than to be betrayed by those who once professed to be fellow-brethren. But it was something to be expected. We can compare here how Judas’ betrayal must have hurt Jesus so deeply. But the disciples are to be prepared for this as well. (This is in contrast with the love that will be established among those who are truly His – Joh 13:34-35; Joh 17:21). Compare here Mat 10:17; Mat 10:21-22; Mat 10:35-36. To Jesus this is a necessary part of the battle between truth and falsehood.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Mat 24:10. Then shall many be offended, &c. By reason of persecution and of the universal hatred which all nations bore against theChristian name, many were indeed offended, and apostatized from the faith; as particularly Phygellus and Hermogenes, and many others in Asia, 2Ti 1:15 and Demas,Mat 9:10. But they would not only apostatize from the faith, but also betray and hate one another. To illustrate which point, we need only cite a sentence out of Tacitus, speaking of the persecution under Nero: “At first, (says he) several were seized, who confessed, and then, by their discovery, a great multitude of others were convicted and executed.”
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Mat 24:10 . ] and then , when those persecutions will have broken out against you.
] many will receive a shock, i.e . many Christians will be tempted to relapse into unbelief, see on Mat 13:21 . For the converse of offendentur in this sense, see Mat 24:13 . Consequence of this falling away: .] one another, i.e . the Christian who has turned apostate, him who has continued faithful. What a climax the troubles have reached, seeing that they are now springing up in the very heart of the Christian community itself!
Fuente: Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer’s New Testament Commentary
10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
Ver. 10. And then shall many be offended ] As not willing to suffer. How many revolted for fear in the primitive times, were abjured here in Queen Mary’s reign, fell to Popery in the Palatinate, and other places in Germany, since the troubles there, as fast as leaves fall in autumn! Somewhat men will do for Christ, but suffer nothing.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
10. ] See 2Ti 4:16 , and the repeated warnings against apostasy in the Epistle to the Hebrews. The persons spoken of in this verse are Christians . ‘Primo conrepti qui fatebantur, deinde indicio eorum multitude ingens.’ Tac. Ann. xv. 44. On . ., compare the deadly hatred borne to Paul and his work by the Judaizers. In the Apocryphal works called the Clementines, which follow teaching similar to that of the factions adverse to Paul in the Corinthian Church, he is hinted at under the name (Ep. Pet. to Jas 2:1-26 , and Recognitions, i. 70, cited by Stanley, Essays on Apostolic Age, p. 377). These Judaizing teachers, among others, are meant by the , as also that plentiful crop of heretical teachers which sprang up every where with the good seed of the Gospel when first sown. See especially Act 20:30 ; Gal 1:7-9 ; Rom 16:17-18 ; Col 2:17 end: 1Ti 1:6-7 ; 1Ti 1:20 ; 1Ti 6:3-5 ; 1Ti 6:20-21 ; 2Ti 2:18 ; 2Ti 3:6-8 ; 2Pe 2:1-22 (and Jude): 1Jn 2:18 ; 1Jn 2:22-23 ; 1Jn 2:26 ; 1Jn 4:1 ; 1Jn 4:3 ; 2Jn 1:7 ; , 2Co 11:13 . Even De Wette, who attempts to deny the historical fulfilment of the former signs ( Mat 24:7 ), confesses that this was historically fulfilled (Exeget. Handbuch in loc.).
Fuente: Henry Alford’s Greek Testament
Mat 24:10 . : natural sequel of apostolic tribulation, many weak Christians made to stumble ( vide Mat 13:21 ); this followed in turn by mutual treachery and hatred ( , etc.).
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
be offended = stumble. See App-117. Quoted from Isa 8:15.
shall betray = will deliver up, as in Mat 24:9.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
10.] See 2Ti 4:16, and the repeated warnings against apostasy in the Epistle to the Hebrews. The persons spoken of in this verse are Christians. Primo conrepti qui fatebantur, deinde indicio eorum multitude ingens. Tac. Ann. xv. 44. On . ., compare the deadly hatred borne to Paul and his work by the Judaizers. In the Apocryphal works called the Clementines, which follow teaching similar to that of the factions adverse to Paul in the Corinthian Church, he is hinted at under the name (Ep. Pet. to Jam 2:1-26, and Recognitions, i. 70, cited by Stanley, Essays on Apostolic Age, p. 377). These Judaizing teachers, among others, are meant by the , as also that plentiful crop of heretical teachers which sprang up every where with the good seed of the Gospel when first sown. See especially Act 20:30; Gal 1:7-9; Rom 16:17-18; Col 2:17-end: 1Ti 1:6-7; 1Ti 1:20; 1Ti 6:3-5; 1Ti 6:20-21; 2Ti 2:18; 2Ti 3:6-8; 2Pe 2:1-22 (and Jude): 1Jn 2:18; 1Jn 2:22-23; 1Jn 2:26; 1Jn 4:1; 1Jn 4:3; 2Jn 1:7; , 2Co 11:13. Even De Wette, who attempts to deny the historical fulfilment of the former signs (Mat 24:7), confesses that this was historically fulfilled (Exeget. Handbuch in loc.).
Fuente: The Greek Testament
Mat 24:10. , shall be offended) sc. shall make shipwreck of their faith.[1036]-, one another) This is the saddest of all.
[1036] As of love, Mat 24:12.-V. g.
Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament
shall many: Mat 11:6, Mat 13:21, Mat 13:57, Mat 26:31-34, Mar 4:17, Joh 6:60, Joh 6:61, Joh 6:66, Joh 6:67, 2Ti 1:15, 2Ti 4:10, 2Ti 4:16
betray: Mat 10:21, Mat 10:35, Mat 10:36, Mat 26:21-24, Mic 7:5, Mic 7:6, Mar 13:12, Luk 21:16
Reciprocal: Neh 6:17 – the nobles Isa 9:21 – Ephraim Dan 11:30 – have intelligence Zec 11:6 – deliver Zec 11:14 – I cut Mat 7:6 – turn Mat 10:17 – for Mat 17:22 – betrayed Mar 13:9 – take Luk 6:49 – against Luk 12:53 – General Luk 21:12 – before Joh 16:1 – General Act 9:26 – but Phi 3:2 – of dogs 1Th 3:3 – we are 2Pe 2:2 – many Rev 20:4 – beheaded
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
4:10
There will be several references in this chapter to Josephus’ history of the wars of the Jews and Romans. That history is divided into books, chapters and paragraphs or sections. For the sake of brevity and also clearness, the reader should understand that the numbers used in the references will mean those three divisions respectively. The confusion caused by the war resulted in much violence even between the Jews. I shall quote from Josephus, 5-6-1. “Now while the factions fought one against another, the people were their prey, on both sides, as we have said already; and that part of the people who would not join with them in their wicked practices, were plundered by both factions. . . . And when the parts that were interposed between their possessions were burnt by them, they left a space wherein they might fight with each other; for this internal sedition did not cease even when the Romans were encamped near their very walls . . . for they never suffered anything that was worse from the Romans than they made each other suffer.”
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Mat 24:10. Then shall many be offended, or fall away. The Apostles understood this of the first century; see the repeated warnings against apostasy in the Epistles. The fulfilment will culminate in the last days.
Deliver up one another, i.e., to tribunals, to heathen magistrates, as was the case in Apostolic times. A natural development of apostasy, then, and to be repeated before the end comes.
Hate one another. Whenever apostasy occurs, this recurs, since this is the opposite of Christian love. The Great Apostasy (2Th 2:3) will thus manifest itself.
Fuente: A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Mat 24:10-13. Then shall many be offended That is, shall stumble and fall, or shall be turned out of the right way. By reason of persecution, many apostatized from the faith, particularly those mentioned by Paul, 2Ti 1:15; and 2Ti 4:10. And shall betray one another To illustrate this, it is sufficient to cite one sentence out of Tacitus. Speaking of the persecution under Nero, he says, At first several were seized, who confessed, and then by their discovery a great multitude of others were convicted and barbarously executed. And many false prophets shall rise Or false teachers, namely, in the Christian Church. Such were Simon Magus, and his followers, the Gnostics, who were very numerous. Such also were the Judaizing teachers, termed by Paul, 2Co 11:13, false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. Such likewise were Hymeneus and Philetus, 2Ti 2:17-18. And the love of many shall wax cold Because of these trials and persecutions from without, and these apostacies and false teachers from within the church, the love of many to Christ and his doctrine, and to one another, shall wax cold. Some shall openly desert the faith, as Mat 24:10; others corrupt it, as Mat 24:11; and others grow indifferent about it, as Mat 24:12. But he that shall endure unto the end He who shall not be terrified by these trials and persecutions; who shall neither apostatize from the faith himself, nor seduce nor be seduced by others; he who shall not be ashamed to profess his faith in Christ, and his love to the brethren, nor be deterred therefrom: the same shall be saved Both here and hereafter. It is very remarkable, and was certainly a most signal act of Providence, that none of the Christians perished in the destruction of Jerusalem. See on Mat 24:16. So true and prophetic also was that assertion of St. Peter upon this same occasion, The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, 2Pe 2:9.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Verse 10
Be offended; apostatize, through fear of persecution.