Matthew 10:18
And you shall be led before both rulers and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
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Psalms 2:1Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?
Mark 13:9But see to yourselves. For they will hand you over to councils, and in the synagogues you will be beaten, and you shall stand before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony for them.
Acts 12:1Now at the same time, king Herod extended his hand, in order to afflict some from the Church.
Acts 24:1Then, after five days, the high priest Ananias came down with some of the elders and a certain Tertullus, a speaker. And they went to the governor against Paul.
2 Timothy 4:16At my first defense, no one stood by me, but everyone abandoned me. May it not be counted against them!
Revelation 6:9And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw, under the altar, the souls of those who had been slain because of the Word of God and because of the testimony 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 →