Matthew 10:17
But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;
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16See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.
18And you will come before rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:2And if the wrongdoer is to undergo punishment by whipping, the judge will give orders for him to go down on his face and be whipped before him, the number of the blows being in relation to his crime.
Matthew 5:22But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.
Matthew 23:34For this reason, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them you will put to death and put on the cross, and to some of them you will give blows in your Synagogues, driving them from town to town;
Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death;
Mark 13:12And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child; and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.
Luke 21:12But before all this, they will take you and be very cruel to you, giving you up to the Synagogues and to prisons, taking you before kings and rulers, because of my name.
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 →