Matthew 10:23

When persecuted, disciples may flee to another town; the mission to Israel will not be finished before the Son of Man comes. Jesus sanctions prudent flight while affirming the certainty of His coming.

Cross-references · 25

• Matt 16:28Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”
• John 11:53–54So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death.
• Acts 8:1Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.
• Luke 4:29–31They rose up, threw him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill that their city was built on, that they might throw him off the cliff.
• Acts 17:10The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
• Mark 13:26Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
• John 10:39–42They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.
• Luke 21:27Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
• Luke 18:8I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
• John 7:1After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn’t walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
• Matt 26:64Jesus said to him, “You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky.”
• Acts 9:24–25but their plot became known to Saul. They watched the gates both day and night that they might kill him,
• Matt 24:30and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.
• Matt 4:12Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee.
• Matt 25:13Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
• Acts 14:19–20But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there, and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
• Matt 23:34Therefore behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;
• Matt 24:48But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My lord is delaying his coming,’
• Matt 2:13Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.”
• Acts 17:14Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.
• Matt 24:27For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
• Acts 14:6–7they became aware of it, and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, Derbe, and the surrounding region.
• Matt 12:14–15But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.
• Acts 20:1After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, took leave of them, and departed to go into Macedonia.
• Acts 13:50–51But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their borders.

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