Matthew 10:33

33 But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.

Matthew 10:33 in Other Translations

33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

33 but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.

33 But everyone who denies me here on earth, I will also deny before my Father in heaven.

33 If you turn tail and run, do you think I'll cover for you?

33 But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.

Matthew 10:33 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 10:33

But whosoever shall deny me before men
Deny that he is a disciple of Christ, and that Christ is his Lord and master, act contrary to him, deliver things repugnant to his mind and will; which for a disciple to do to his master was a very heinous crime with the Jews:

``if (say they ^F14) Rabbi Jochanan, (rwpky) , "deny" Rabbi Eleazar, his disciple, he will not "deny" Rabbi Jannai, his "master".''

Some regard may be had here to Peter's after denial of Christ; and this proviso be supposed, "except he repent", as he did. Moreover, to deny Christ, is to drop, or oppose any of those truths which regard his person, office, and grace; or to hide and conceal them from men, through fear, shame, or cowardice of mind: and even not to confess him, through fear of men, is interpreted, by Christ, a denial of him; and such who deny him in any form and shape, either by words or deeds,

him,
says he,

will I also deny before my Father which is heaven;
he will deny them to be disciples, or that they belong to him; he will deny that he ever knew them, loved or approved of them; he will declare in the presence of his Father, his disapprobation of them, his indignation against them, that they are workers of iniquity; yea, he will do more, he will banish them from his presence, and send them into everlasting burnings.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Juchasin, fol. 80. 2.

Matthew 10:33 In-Context

31 So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

32 “Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

33 But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.

34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

35 For I have come to turn “ ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—

Cross References

• 1. Mark 8:38; 2 Timothy 2:12