Matthew 10:18
For my sake you will even be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
In Context
17But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils and flog you in their synagogues.
Cross References
Mark 13:9“You must watch out for yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils, and you will be beaten in synagogues. For my sake you will even be set before governors and kings as witnesses to them.
Acts 12:1About that time King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church in order to harm them.
Acts 24:1Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with the elders and an attorney named Tertullus. They presented their case against Paul to the governor.
2 Timothy 4:16At my first defense no one came to stand by me; instead, they all deserted me. May it not 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 slain because of the word of God and because of the testimony of the Lamb which they had upheld.
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 →