Mat_24:10.
Καὶ
τότε
] and then, when those persecutions will have broken out against you.
σκανδαλισθήσονται
πολλοί
] many will receive a shock, i.e. many Christians will be tempted to relapse into unbelief, see on Mat_13:21. For the converse of offendentur in this sense, see Mat_24:13. Consequence of this falling away:
καὶ
ἀλλήλους
παραδώς
.] one another, i.e. the Christian who has turned apostate, him who has continued faithful. What a climax the troubles have reached, seeing that they are now springing up in the very heart of the Christian community itself!