That is, “on account of me,” equivalent to saying, “because you are Christians” (see on ch. 5:11).
Deliver you up.
See on chs. 5:10-12; 10:17-24. Stephen (Acts 7:59, 60), Peter and John (Acts 4:3-7, 21), and Peter and James (Acts 12:1-4) were among the first Christians to suffer at the hands of the authorities. Paul appeared before Felix, Festus, Agrippa, and Caesar (Acts 24 to 28). Compare Mark 13:9-12. In Matt. 24:21, 22 Christ speaks specifically of persecution to come after the fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70.