Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.

And the brother shall betray his brother unto death, and the father his son; and children shall rise up against the parents, and shall work their death.

"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.

And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child; and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

Then brother will betray brother to death, and the father, a son; and children will rise up against their parents and will bring about their death.

Brother will betray brother to death, and the father his child; and children will turn against their parents, and cause them to be put to death;

The brother shall betray - The brother shall give up in a treacherous manner his brother to be put to death, on account of his attachment to Jesus. Through fear, or from the hope of reward and from the hatred of the gospel, he will overcome all the natural ties of brotherhood. and give up his own kindred to be burnt or crucified. Perhaps nothing could more clearly show the dreadful evil of those times, as well as the natural opposition of the heart to the religion of Christ.

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.