Mark 13:9

“You must watch out for yourselves. You will be handed over ¹  to councils ²  and beaten in the synagogues. ³  You will stand before governors and kings ⁴  because of me, as a witness to them.

Mt 10:17,18; Mt 10:18; Mt 23:34-37; Mt 24:9,10; Mr 1:44; Mr 6:11; Mr 13:5; Lu 9:5; Lu 21:16-18; Joh 15:20; Joh 16:2; Ac 4:1-21; Ac 5:17-40; Ac 6:11-15; Ac 7:54-60; Ac 8:1-3; Ac 9:1,2,13,14,16; Ac 12:1-3; Ac 16:20-24; Ac 21:11,31-40; Ac 22:19,20; Ac 23:1,2; Ac 24:1-9; Ac 25:1-26:32; 1Co 4:9-13; 2Co 11:23-27; Php 1:29; 2Th 1:5; Re 1:9; Re 2:10,13; Re 6:9-11

¹ tn Grk “They will hand you over.” “They” is an indefinite plural, referring to people in general. The parallel in Matt 10:17 makes this explicit.

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 sn See the note on synagogue in 1:21.

⁴ sn These statements look at persecution both from a Jewish context as the mention of councils and synagogues suggests, and from a Gentile one as the reference to governors and kings suggests. Some fulfillment of Jewish persecution can be seen in Acts.