{With persecutions} (meta di(9367)m(936e)). This extra touch is
in Mark alone. There is a reminiscence of some of "the
apocalyptic of the familiar descriptions of the blessings of the
Messianic kingdom. But Jesus uses such language from the
religious idiom of this time only to idealize it" (Gould). The
apostles were soon to see the realization of this foreshadowing
of persecution. Vincent notes that Jesus omits "a hundred wives"
in this list, showing that Julian the Apostate's sneer on that
score was without foundation.