τῶν ἀνθρώπων : Weiss, regarding Matthew 10:17 as the beginning of an interpolation, takes τῶν generically = the whole race of men conceived of as on the whole hostile to the truth = κόσμος in the fourth Gospel (Matthew 15:19; Matthew 17:14). It seems more natural to find in it a reference to the λύκοι of Matthew 10:16. Beware of the class of men I have in view. So Eras., Elsner, Fritzsche. συνέδρια, the higher tribunals, selected to represent courts of justice of all grades, to denote the serious nature of the danger. συναγωγαῖς. The synagogue is referred to here, not merely as a place of worship, but as a juridical assembly exercising discipline and inflicting penalties (Grotius). Among these was scourging (μαστιγώσουσιν, vide Acts 22:19; Acts 26:11; 2 Corinthians 11:24).

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