Matthew 10:17

10:17 Beware of people, because they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues.

Matthew 10:21

10:21 “Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.

Matthew 10:34-35

Not Peace, but a Sword

10:34 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword. 10:35 For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,


tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

sn Councils in this context refers to local judicial bodies attached to the Jewish synagogue. This group would be responsible for meting out justice and discipline within the Jewish community.

tn BDAG 620 s.v. μαστιγόω 1.a states, “of flogging as a punishment decreed by the synagogue (Dt 25:2f; s. the Mishna Tractate Sanhedrin-Makkoth, edited w. notes by SKrauss ’33) w. acc. of pers. Mt 10:17; 23:34.”

sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.

tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

tn Or “will rebel against.”

tn Grk “cast.” For βάλλω (ballw) in the sense of causing a state or condition, see L&N 13.14.