<p>10:21&nbsp;<em>And brother shall deliver up brother to death and the father his child, and children shall rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death- </em>&quot;Deliver up&quot; is a term used about the Lord&rsquo;s delivering to death, just as &lsquo;to cause to be put to death&rsquo; is used of His death (Mt. 26:59; 27:1; Mk. 14:55; 1 Pet. 3:18). Our sufferings in the final tribulation, and for preaching the Gospel generally, grant us a fellowship with our Lord&rsquo;s sufferings. Given the close knit nature of Middle Eastern families, the language of family breakup used here would&rsquo;ve been far harder for the initial hearers to accept than it is for many of us. The family was seen as sacrosanct, somehow your family would always be there for you. But the Lord is teaching that the dislike of Him and His message would be such that it would unleash a social and psychological force of hatred such as had not been known previously. Judaism taught that it was only Gentile families which were like this- only Gentiles betrayed their brother, their parents and their children. But the Lord is teaching that through Israel&rsquo;s rejection of Him and His people, Israel were acting like Gentiles and thus becoming as them in God&rsquo;s sight.</p>