Mark 13:12

12 "Brother will betray brother to be killed, and fathers will betray children; and children will rise against their 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 But the proclamation of the Good News must be carried to all the Gentiles before the End comes.

11 When however they are marching you along under arrest, do not be anxious beforehand about what you are to say, but speak what is given you when the time comes; for it will not be you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

12 "Brother will betray brother to be killed, and fathers will betray children; and children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.

13 You will be objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name, but those who stand firm to the End will be saved.

14 "As soon, however, as you see the Abomination of Desolation standing where he ought not" --let the reader observe these words--"then let those in Judaea escape to the hills;