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Matthew 10:17

"But beware of men! For they will give you up to the Sanhedrin, and flog you in their synagogues.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;

In Context

16"Behold, it is I who am sending you forth like sheep among wolves. Be then as serpents and as guileless as doves.

18"And you will be taken before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:22but I say to you that he who becomes angry with his brother shall be liable to condemnation by the court; and he who says to his brother’Raca,’ shall be liable to condemnation by the Sanhedrin, while he who curses his brother shall be liable to the Gehenna of Fire.

Matthew 23:34"For this cause, behold! I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and pursue from city to city;

Matthew 26:59And the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to get false evidence against Jesus, in order that they might have him executed;

Mark 13:12"And brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child, and children will rise up against their parents, and have them put to death.

Luke 21:12"But before all these things happen, they will apprehend you and persecute you and deliver you to the synagogues and to prisons, and bring you before kings and governors for the sake of my name.

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 →

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