Discovery BoxMatthew 10:17 
Context10:17 Beware 1 of people, because they will hand you over to councils 2 and flog 3 you in their synagogues. 4
Matthew 10:21
Context10:21 “Brother 5 will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against 6 parents and have them put to death.
1 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
2 sn Councils in this context refers to local judicial bodies attached to the Jewish synagogue. This group would be responsible for meting out justice and discipline within the Jewish community.
3 tn BDAG 620 s.v. μαστιγόω 1.a states, “of flogging as a punishment decreed by the synagogue (Dt 25:2f; s. the Mishna Tractate Sanhedrin-Makkoth, edited w. notes by SKrauss ’33) w. acc. of pers. Mt 10:17; 23:34.”
4 sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.
5 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
6 tn Or “will rebel against.”
