1 Korintus 4:9-13

4:9 For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to die, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people. 4:10 We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, we are dishonored! 4:11 To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and without a roof over our heads. 4:12 We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure, 4:13 when people lie about us, we answer in a friendly manner. We are the world’s dirt and scum, even now.

Matius 10:21-25

10:21 “Brother ¹  will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against ²  parents and have them put to death. 10:22 And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. 10:23 Whenever ³  they persecute you in one place, ⁴  flee to another. I tell you the truth, ⁵  you will not finish going through all the towns ⁶  of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

10:24 “A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a slave ⁷  greater than his master. 10:25 It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more will they defame the members of his household!

Matius 24:9

Persecution of Disciples

24:9 “Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations ⁸  because of my name. ⁹ 

Yohanes 16:2

16:2 They will put you out of ¹⁰  the synagogue, ¹¹  yet a time ¹²  is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God. ¹³ 

Yohanes 16:33

16:33 I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, ¹⁴  but take courage ¹⁵  – I have conquered the world.” ¹⁶ 

Kisah Para Rasul 14:22

14:22 They strengthened ¹⁷  the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue ¹⁸  in the faith, saying, “We must enter the kingdom ¹⁹  of God through many persecutions.” ²⁰ 

Kisah Para Rasul 14:2

14:2 But the Jews who refused to believe ²¹  stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds ²²  against the brothers.

Titus 3:12

Final Instructions and Greeting

3:12 When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.

Wahyu 14:13

14:13 Then ²³  I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this:

‘Blessed are the dead,

those who die in the Lord from this moment on!’”

“Yes,” says the Spirit, “so they can rest from their hard work, ²⁴  because their deeds will follow them.” ²⁵ 

[10:21]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[10:21]  ² tn Or “will rebel against.”

[10:23]  ³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[10:23]  ⁴ tn The Greek word here is πόλις (polis), which can mean either “town” or “city.”

[10:23]  ⁵ tn Grk “For truly (ἀμήν, amhn) I say to you.” Here γάρ (gar, “for”) has not been translated.

[10:23]  ⁶ tn The Greek word here is πόλις (polis), which can mean either “town” or “city.” “Town” was chosen here to emphasize the extensive nature of the disciples’ ministry. The same word is translated earlier in the verse as “place.”

[10:24]  ⁷ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 8:9.

[24:9]  ⁸ tn Or “all the Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “nations” or “Gentiles”).

[24:9]  ⁹ sn See Matt 5:10-12; 1 Cor 1:25-31.

[16:2]  ¹⁰ tn Or “expel you from.”

[16:2]  ¹¹ sn See the note on synagogue in 6:59.

[16:2]  ¹² tn Grk “an hour.”

[16:2]  ¹³ sn Jesus now refers not to the time of his return to the Father, as he has frequently done up to this point, but to the disciples’ time of persecution. They will be excommunicated from Jewish synagogues. There will even be a time when those who kill Jesus’ disciples will think that they are offering service to God by putting the disciples to death. Because of the reference to service offered to God, it is almost certain that Jewish opposition is intended here in both cases rather than Jewish opposition in the first instance (putting the disciples out of synagogues) and Roman opposition in the second (putting the disciples to death). Such opposition materializes later and is recorded in Acts: The stoning of Stephen in 7:58-60 and the slaying of James the brother of John by Herod Agrippa I in Acts 12:2-3 are notable examples.

[16:33]  ¹⁴ tn The one Greek term θλῖψις (qliyis) has been translated by an English hendiadys (two terms that combine for one meaning) “trouble and suffering.” For modern English readers “tribulation” is no longer clearly understandable.

[16:33]  ¹⁵ tn Or “but be courageous.”

[16:33]  ¹⁶ tn Or “I am victorious over the world,” or “I have overcome the world.”

[16:33]  sn The Farewell Discourse proper closes on the triumphant note I have conquered the world, which recalls 1:5 (in the prologue): “the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.” Jesus’ words which follow in chap. 17 are addressed not to the disciples but to his Father, as he prays for the consecration of the disciples.

[14:22]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “to Antioch, strengthening.” Due to the length of the Greek sentence and the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences, a new sentence was started here. This participle (ἐπιστηρίζοντες, episthrizonte") and the following one (παρακαλοῦντες, parakalounte") have been translated as finite verbs connected by the coordinating conjunction “and.”

[14:22]  ¹⁸ sn And encouraged them to continue. The exhortations are like those noted in Acts 11:23; 13:43. An example of such a speech is found in Acts 20:18-35. Christianity is now characterized as “the faith.”

[14:22]  ¹⁹ sn This reference to the kingdom of God clearly refers to its future arrival.

[14:22]  ²⁰ tn Or “sufferings.”

[14:2]  ²¹ tn Or “who would not believe.”

[14:2]  ²² tn Or “embittered their minds” (Grk “their souls”). BDAG 502 s.v. κακόω 2 has “make angry, embitter τὰς ψυχάς τινων κατά τινος poison the minds of some persons against another Ac 14:2.”

[14:13]  ²³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[14:13]  ²⁴ tn Or “from their trouble” (L&N 22.7).

[14:13]  ²⁵ tn Grk “their deeds will follow with them.”