Matthew 10:18
You will be dragged before governors and kings because of me, to witness to them and to the foreigners.
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Psalms 2:1Why are the nations plotting rebellion? The peoples devise schemes, but they're pointless.
Mark 13:9Watch out for yourselves! They will hand you over to the courts to be tried. You will be beaten in synagogues. Because of me you will have to stand before governors and kings, and you will be witnesses to them.
Acts 12:1Around this time King Herod began to persecute some members of the church.
Acts 24:1Five days later Ananias the high priest arrived with some of the Jewish leaders, and with a lawyer called Tertullus. They presented formal charges against Paul to the governor.
2 Timothy 4:16When it came to my first defense, no one stood up for me—everyone abandoned me. May they not be blamed for this.
Revelation 6:9When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar those who had been killed because of their dedication to the word of God and their faithful witness.
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 →