Mark 13:9-13
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The Coming Persecution. 9 (A)“Watch out for yourselves. They will hand you over to the courts. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will be arraigned before governors and kings because of me, as a witness before them. 10 But the gospel must first be preached to all nations.[a] 11 When they lead you away and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say.(B) But say whatever will be given to you at that hour. For it will not be you who are speaking but the holy Spirit. 12 Brother will hand over brother to death, and the father his child; children will rise up against parents and have them put to death. 13 You will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
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- 13:10 The gospel…to all nations: the period of the Christian mission.
Luke 21:12-19
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The Coming Persecution. 12 (A)“Before all this happens,[a] however, they will seize and persecute you, they will hand you over to the synagogues and to prisons, and they will have you led before kings and governors because of my name.(B) 13 It will lead to your giving testimony. 14 Remember, you are not to prepare your defense beforehand, 15 (C)for I myself shall give you a wisdom in speaking[b] that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute. 16 (D)You will even be handed over by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will put some of you to death.(E) 17 You will be hated by all because of my name, 18 but not a hair on your head will be destroyed.(F) 19 By your perseverance you will secure your lives.(G)
The Great Tribulation.[c]
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- 21:12 Before all this happens…: to Luke and his community, some of the signs of the end just described (Lk 21:10–11) still lie in the future. Now in dealing with the persecution of the disciples (Lk 21:12–19) and the destruction of Jerusalem (Lk 21:20–24) Luke is pointing to eschatological signs that have already been fulfilled.
- 21:15 A wisdom in speaking: literally, “a mouth and wisdom.”
- 21:20–24 The actual destruction of Jerusalem by Rome in A.D. 70 upon which Luke and his community look back provides the assurance that, just as Jesus’ prediction of Jerusalem’s destruction was fulfilled, so too will be his announcement of their final redemption (Lk 21:27–28).
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