Tag Archives: Matthew 10:23

Ὅταν δὲ διώκωσιν ὑμᾶς ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ, φεύγετε εἰς τὴν ἄλλην· ἀμὴν γὰρ λέγω ὑμῖν, οὐ μὴ τελέσητε τὰς πόλεις τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἕως ἂν ἔλθῃ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου. (Matthew 10:23)

And whenever they persecute you in this city, flee to the other; for truly I say to you, you will certainly not finish the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes.

This verse occurs within Jesus’s missionary discourse, where he commissions his disciples to preach amid hostility. Linguistically, it encapsulates Koine Greek’s dynamic blend of simplicity and precision. Each clause bears temporal and eschatological tension: the immediacy of human persecution juxtaposed with the mystery of divine coming.… Learn Koine Greek