Matthew 10:18
Then you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
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Psalms 2:1Why are the nations in turmoil, 1 and why do the peoples make plots that will fail? 1
Mark 13:9Be on your guard. They will deliver you up to councils, and you will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before both governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them.
Acts 12:1Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church so that he might mistreat them.
Acts 24:1After five days, Ananias the chief priest, certain elders, and an orator named Tertullus went there. These men brought charges against Paul before the governor.
2 Timothy 4:16At my first defense, no one stood with me. Instead, everyone left 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 killed because of the word of God and the testimony which 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 →