Matthew 10:18
and before governors and kings you will be brought for My sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.
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Psalms 2:1Why have nations assembled tumultuously? And peoples meditate vanity?
Mark 13:9And take heed to yourselves, for they will deliver you up to Sanhedrins, and to synagogues, you will be beaten, and before governors and kings you will be set for My sake, for a testimony to them;
Acts 12:1And about that time, Herod the king put forth his hands to do evil to certain of those of the Assembly,
Acts 24:1And after five days the chief priest Ananias came down, with the elders, and a certain orator—Tertullus, and they disclosed to the governor [the things] against Paul;
2 Timothy 4:16no one stood with me in my first defense, but all forsook me (may it not be reckoned to them),
Revelation 6:9And when He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those 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 →