Mark 13:12

12 And brother will hand over brother to death, and a father [his] child, and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.

Mark 13:12 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 13:12

Now the brother shall betray the brother to death
Signifying, that such should be the rage of men, particularly the Jews, against Christ and his Gospel, that those that were in the nearest relation, were of the same flesh and blood, children of the same parents, should betray and deliver up each other into the hands of the civil magistrate, in order to be put to death:

and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their
parents, and shall cause them to be put to death;
things unnatural and shocking; (See Gill on Matthew 10:21).

Mark 13:12 In-Context

10 And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the nations.

11 And when they arrest you [and] hand you over, do not be anxious beforehand what you should say, but whatever is given to you at that hour, say this. For you are not the ones who are speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

12 And brother will hand over brother to death, and a father [his] child, and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.

13 And you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end--this one will be saved.

14 "But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be" (let the one who reads understand), "then those in Judea must flee to the mountains!

Footnotes

• [a]. *The word "[his]" is not in the Greek text but is implied