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• Jesus told them that beforehand, they would face persecutions unto death. Think, for example, of the persecutions of Nero (A.D. 54-68), where he would mercilessly persecute Christians, blame Christians for the fire of Rome, and say they were everybody's enemy. Under Nero’s cruel persecutions, nobody wanted to be accused of being either a Jew or a Christian. It meant only death.
• v.9 “Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.”