Matthew 10:18
and ye will be brought to governors and even kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.
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Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage, and the peoples meditate vain things (LXX/NT)?
Mark 13:9But watch ye yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils, and ye will be beaten in synagogues. And ye will be stood before rulers and kings because of me, for a testimony to them.
Acts 12:1Now about that time Herod the king threw on hands to harm some of those from the church.
Acts 24:1And after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders, and a certain orator, Tertullus, who appeared to the governor against Paul.
2 Timothy 4:16At my first defense no man came with me, but all forsook me. May it not be reckoned to them.
Revelation 6:9And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed because of the word of God, and because of the testimony of the Lamb that they held.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 10:17-42
Instructions to the Apostles. 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; 18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. 19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.… Read the whole commentary →