Matthew 10:17
Watch out for those who will hand you over to be tried by town councils and will whip you in their synagogues.
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In Context
16Look, I'm sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:2If the person who is guilty is sentenced to be flogged, the judge shall order them to lie down and be flogged before him with the number of lashes the crime deserves.
Matthew 5:22But I tell you, anyone who is angry with his brother will be condemned as guilty. Whoever calls his brother an idiot has to answer to the council, but whoever verbally abuses others is liable to the fire of Gehenna.
Matthew 23:34That's why I'm sending you prophets, wise men, and teachers. Some of them you will kill, some of them you will crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues, hunting them from town to town.
Matthew 26:59The chief priests and the whole council were trying to find some false evidence against Jesus so they could put him to death.
Mark 13:12Brother will betray brother to death, and a father will betray his child. Children will turn against their parents and have them condemned to death.
Luke 21:12But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will drag you before synagogues and throw you into prison, and put you on trial before kings and governors on account of me.
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 →