Matthew 10:18
And before moshelim (governors) and also melachim (kings) you will be led for my sake, + 10:18 for the sake of Moshiach for an edut (testimony) to them and to the Goyim.
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Psalms 2:1Why do the Goyim rage, 1 and the Amim (peoples) imagine a vain thing? 1
Mark 13:9But as for yourselves, take heed and be careful. For they will hand you over to the sanhedrin and in the shuls you will be beaten and before moshlim (governors) and melachim (kings) you will take your stand for the sake of me + 13:9 Moshiach as a solemn edut (testimony) to them.
Acts 12:1Now during that time Herod the king laid his hands on Moshiachʼs Kehillah to harm some of them.
Acts 24:1And after chamash yamim, the Kohen Gadol Chananyah came down with some Zekenim and an orator, a certain Tertullus, who explained to the Moshel the charges keneged (against) Rav Sha'ul.
2 Timothy 4:16At my first hitstaddekut (defense), no one came to be with me, but all forsook me. May it not be counted against them.
Revelation 6:9And when he opened the chotam hachamishi (fifth seal), I saw underneath the Mizbe'ach (altar) the nefashot (souls) of the ones having died al kiddush ha-Shem, having been slain as martyrs because of the dvar Hashem (word of G-d) and because of their solemn eidus (testimony) which they had given. + 6:9 Ex 29:12; Lv 4:7
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 →