Matthew 10:18
On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
17But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.
Cross References
Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
Mark 13:9So be on your guard. You will be delivered over to the councils and beaten in the synagogues. On My account you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.
Acts 12:1About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.
Acts 24:1Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.
2 Timothy 4:16At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.
Revelation 6:9And when the Lamb 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 they had upheld.
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 →