"Before all this happens, however, they will seize and persecute you, they will hand you over to the synagogues and to prisons, and they will have you led before kings and governors because of my name. It will lead to your giving testimony. Remember, you are not to prepare your defense beforehand, for I myself shall give you a wisdom in speaking that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute. You will even be handed over by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will put some of you to death. You will be hated by all because of my name, but not a hair on your head will be destroyed. By your perseverance you will secure your lives. (Lk 21; 12-19)
Jesus is talking about a time when he would not be present with his disciples. The disciples would be alone to face these oppositions (Jesus would not be with them physically). The disciples would be marked out as his followers (for the sake of my name). It is a time of persecution; it is a time of interrogation in the synagogues and it is a time of imprisonment.
Families will become the place of hatred and division. (Families are supposed to be the place of union and relationship). Christians would be blamed for everything. Christians would be the ones whom everybody loved to hate. If ever they needed patience, they would need it then.
Jesus promises to give them what they would expect from him at the time of waiting: wisdom and words to speak. This promise of Jesus was fulfilled at the time of persecution (between the time of resurrection and the fall of the Temple – AD 70). But the words of encouragement of Jesus are given to the disciples.
