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Witnessing to All Nations

Luke 21:16

In 9 translations

BSB
You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.
KJV
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.
WEB
You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death.
ASV
But ye shall be delivered up even by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
LSV
And you will be delivered up also by parents, and brothers, and relatives, and friends, and they will put [some] of you to death;
YLT
'And ye shall be delivered up also by parents, and brothers, and kindred, and friends, and they shall put of you to death;
DBY
But ye will be delivered up even by parents and brethren and relations and friends, and they shall put to death [some] from among you,
DRC
And you shall be betrayed by your parents and brethren, and kinsmen and friends; and some of you they will put to death.
GNV
Yea, ye shalbe betrayed also of your parents, and of your brethren, and kinsmen, and friendes, and some of you shall they put to death.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Word order: Byzantine text place ἀδελφῶν elsewhere in this verse.
  • Word order: Byzantine text place καὶ elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ἀδελφῶν καὶ συγγενῶν καὶ φίλων. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀδελφῶν καὶ συγγενῶν καὶ φίλων; Robinson–Pierpont read συγγενῶν καὶ φίλων καὶ ἀδελφῶν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
παραδοθήσεσθε δὲ καὶ ὑπὸ γονέων καὶ ἀδελφῶν καὶ συγγενῶν καὶ φίλων, καὶ θανατώσουσιν ἐξ ὑμῶν,
RP2018
Παραδοθήσεσθε δὲ καὶ ὑπὸ γονέων καὶ συγγενῶν καὶ φίλων καὶ ἀδελφῶν, καὶ θανατώσουσιν ἐξ ὑμῶν.
TR-Boyd
Παραδοθήσεσθε δὲ καὶ ὑπὸ γονέων καὶ ἀδελφῶν καὶ συγγενῶν καὶ φίλων, καὶ θανατώσουσιν ἐξ ὑμῶν.
SCR1894
παραδοθησεσθε δε και υπο γονεων και αδελφων και συγγενων και φιλων και θανατωσουσιν εξ υμων

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 12:53They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
  • Revelation 6:9And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.
  • Matthew 10:21Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
  • Micah 7:5–6Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms. For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her…
  • Jeremiah 9:4“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
  • Mark 13:12Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
  • Revelation 2:13I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
  • Acts 7:59While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
  • Jeremiah 12:6Even your brothers— your own father’s household— even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.
  • Revelation 12:11They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
  • Acts 12:2He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.
  • Acts 26:10–11And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them. I frequently had them punished in the…

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