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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Mark 13:12

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Children;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Jesus Continued;   Martyrdom;   Persecution;   Watchfulness;   The Topic Concordance - Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ;   End of the World;   Endurance;   Hate;   Persecution;   Redemption;   Resurrection;   Salvation;   Tribulation;   World;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Kill, Killing;   Murder;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Agnoet Ae;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Micah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Mark, the Gospel of;   Suffering;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Apocalyptic Literature;   Kingdom of God;   Matthew, Gospel According to;   Messiah;   Mss;   Parousia;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Courage;   Denial;   Fig-Tree ;   Manuscripts;   Messiah;   Parents (2);   Parousia (2);   Quotations (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Betray;   Deliver;   Eschatology of the New Testament;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Brother will betray
King James Version (1611)
Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the sonne: and children shall rise vp against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
And brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death.
New American Standard Bible
"And brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.
New Century Version
"Brothers will give their own brothers to be killed, and fathers will give their own children to be killed. Children will fight against their own parents and cause them to be put to death.
Amplified Bible
"Brother will betray brother to [be put to] death, and a father [will hand over] his child; and children will rise up and take a stand against parents and have them put to death.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.
Legacy Standard Bible
And brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.
Contemporary English Version
Brothers and sisters will betray each other and have each other put to death. Parents will betray their own children, and children will turn against their parents and have them killed.
Complete Jewish Bible
Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will turn against their parents and have them put to death;
Darby Translation
But brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child; and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Brothers will turn against their own brothers and hand them over to be killed. Fathers will hand over their own children to be killed. Children will fight against their own parents and have them killed.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Yea, and the brother shall deliuer the brother to death, and the father the sonne, and the children shall rise against their parents, and shall cause them to die.
George Lamsa Translation
A brother will deliver his brother to death, and a father his son; and the children will rise up against their parents, and put them to death.
Good News Translation
Men will hand over their own brothers to be put to death, and fathers will do the same to their children. Children will turn against their parents and have them put to death.
Lexham English Bible
And brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child, and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.
Literal Translation
And a brother will deliver up a brother to death, and a father the child. And children will rise up on parents and will put them to death.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Hebrew Names Version
"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.
International Standard Version
Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.Micah 7:6; Matthew 10:21; 24:10; Luke 21:16;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
But the brother will betray his brother to the death, and the father his son; and children will rise up against their fathers, and shall put them to death;
Murdock Translation
And brother will deliver up his brother to death, and the father his son; and children will rise up against their parents, and will kill them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the sonne: and the chyldren shall ryse agaynst their fathers and mothers, and shall put them to death.
English Revised Version
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.
World English Bible
"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.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Now 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.
Weymouth's New Testament
"Brother will betray brother to be killed, and fathers will betray children; and children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For a brother schal bitake the brother in to deth, and the fadir the sone, and sones schulen rise togider ayens fadris and modris, and punysche hem bi deeth.
Update Bible Version
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.
Webster's Bible Translation
Now the brother will betray the brother to death, and the father the son: and children will rise up against [their] parents, and will cause them to be put to death.
New English Translation
Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.
New King James Version
Now brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.
New Living Translation
"A brother will betray his brother to death, a father will betray his own child, and children will rebel against their parents and cause them to be killed.
New Life Bible
A brother will hand over a brother to death. A father will hand over his son. Children will turn against their parents and have them put to death.
New Revised Standard
Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, brother, will deliver up, brother, unto death, and, father, child, and, children, will rise up, against parents, and put them to death;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the brother shall betray his brother unto death, and the father his son; and children shall rise up against their parents and shall work their death.
Revised Standard Version
And brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death;
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Ye and the brother shall delyvre the brother to deeth and the father the sonne and the chyldre shall ryse agaynste their fathers and mothers and shall put them to deeth.
Young's Literal Translation
`And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
One brother shal delyuer another vnto death, and the father the sonne, & the children shal ryse ageynst their fathers and mothers, and shal helpe them to death,
Mace New Testament (1729)
then the brother shall betray his brother to death, and the father his son: children shall prosecute their parents, and be the instruments to take away their lives:
THE MESSAGE
"It's going to be brother killing brother, father killing child, children killing parents. There's no telling who will hate you because of me. "Stay with it—that's what is required. Stay with it to the end. You won't be sorry; you'll be saved.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus continued, "It's going to get so bad in the end that people will turn against the ones they love the most. They'll turn in their brothers, their kids, their parents, and anyone else for a little reward and these people will be killed because they ride for me.

Contextual Overview

5Jesus began by telling them, "See to it that no one deceives you. 6Many will come in My name, claiming, 'I am He,' and will deceive many. 7When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come. 8Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains. 9So be on your guard. You will be delivered over to the councils and beaten in the synagogues. On My account you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them. 10And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the nations. 11But when they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand what to say. Instead, speak whatever you are given at that time, for it will not be you speaking, but the Holy Spirit. 12Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.13You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ezekiel 38:21, Micah 7:4-6, Matthew 10:21, Matthew 24:10, Luke 12:52, Luke 12:53, Luke 21:16

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 13:14 - even Matthew 10:17 - beware Matthew 10:35 - General Matthew 13:21 - for

Cross-References

Genesis 13:7
And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.
Genesis 13:8
So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.
Genesis 14:12
They also carried off Abram's nephew Lot and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom.
Genesis 19:1
The two angels entered Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed with his face to the ground,
Genesis 19:25
Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.
Genesis 19:29
So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.
Psalms 26:5
I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.
1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good character."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now the brother shall betray the brother to death,.... Signifying, that such should be the rage of men, particularly the Jews, against Christ and his Gospel, that those that were in the nearest relation, were of the same flesh and blood, children of the same parents, should betray and deliver up each other into the hands of the civil magistrate, in order to be put to death:

and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death; things unnatural and shocking; :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The brother shall betray ... - The brother shall give up in a treacherous manner his brother to be put to death, on account of his attachment to Jesus. Through fear, or from the hope of reward and from the hatred of the gospel, he will overcome all the natural ties of brotherhood. and give up his own kindred to be burnt or crucified. Perhaps nothing could more clearly show the dreadful evil of those times, as well as the natural opposition of the heart to the religion of Christ.


 
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