Matthew 10:18
and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake so that you may witness for me before them and the nations.
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Psalms 2:1Why this turmoil of nations, this futile plotting of peoples,
Mark 13:9“See to yourselves! They will betray you to courts of law; and you will be taken to synagogues and beaten; and you will be brought up before governors and kings for my sake, so that you can bear witness before them.
Acts 12:1It was at that time that King Herod began to ill-treat some of the members of the church.
Acts 24:1Five days afterward the high priest Ananias came down with some of the elders and a barrister named Tertullus. They laid an information with the Governor against Paul;
2 Timothy 4:16At my first trial no one stood by me. They all deserted me. May it never be counted against them!
Revelation 6:9When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the sake of God’s message and for the testimony which they had borne.
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 →