Matthew 10:18
and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
17But beware of men: for they will deliver you to the councils, and scourge you in their synagogues;
Cross References
Mark 13:9These are the beginning of sorrows. But take heed to yourselves; for they will deliver you up to councils, and you will be scourged in the synagogues; and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.
Acts 12:1At that time Herod the king undertook to afflict some of the church.
Acts 24:1And after five days, Ananias the chief priest came down with the elders and a certain orator, Tertullus; and they informed the governor against Paul.
2 Timothy 4:16At my first defense no one stood by me, but all forsook me; may it not be laid to their charge:
Revelation 6:9And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they had borne:
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 →