Matthew 24:9

Matthew 24:9. Then, i.e., ‘during this time,' not ‘after this.' See Luke 21:12.

They shall deliver you up, etc. Soon literally fulfilled. But it may now be referred to the spirit of persecution, always latent in the world and to break out in the last times.

Hated of all the nations. (Mark and Luke : ‘of all men;' comp. chap. Matthew 10:22). The Roman historian Tacitus speaks of the early Christians as a hated race of men. But to be universally abhorred is not a proof of being a Christian. It must be for my name's sake. This hatred has not ceased; it will probably manifest itself anew in startling form.