Third sign, drawn from apostolic experiences (Matthew 24:9-13; Luke 21:12-19). On the hypothesis that this is an interpolation into the discourse, having no organic connection with it, vide on Mt. The contents of this section, especially in Mk.'s version, correspond closely to Matthew 10:17-22. But the question, in which of the two discourses the logion has the more historical setting, is not thereby settled. Some utterance of the sort was certainly germane to the present situation.

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