In this passage, Jesus gives a speech to the disciples about potential persecution.  It is crucial to remember that these are specific instructions Jesus is giving as he is sending the twelve disciples out in a ministry to Israel (see 10:5).  Though it may be easy to read this passage as being more universally applicable to Jesus’ followers, in verse 5:23 Jesus admits that “you will not finish going through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.”  Additionally, all of the scenarios given in 17-21 refer mostly to situations within Jewish life and culture.  The implication is that the persecution of which Jesus speaks will primarily only be a result of their ministry through Israel, which will be somehow interrupted or altered by the “coming of the Son of Man.”   Now that the “Son of Man” has come—as in, now that the resurrected Jesus Christ has been revealed in all glory—we need not look to being hated as the necessary confirmation of a successful ministry.