Mark 13:12

12 And brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child, and children will rise 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 preached to all nations.

11 And when they bring you to trial and deliver you up, do not be anxious beforehand what you are to say; but say whatever is given you in that hour, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

12 And brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death;

13 and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.

14 "But when you see the desolating sacrilege set up where it ought not to be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains;