Matthew 10:17

But be ye ware of men, for they shall take you in (to) councils, and they shall beat you in their synagogues;

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

16Lo! I send you as sheep in the middle [or into the midst] of wolves; therefore be ye sly, [or prudent, or wary, or wise], as serpents, and (as) simple as doves.

18and to mayors, or to presidents, and to kings, ye shall be led (in) for me, in witnessing to them, and to heathen men. (and to mayors, or to governors, and to kings, ye shall be led in for me, to give a testimony to them, and to the Gentiles.)

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 25:2And if they see him that hath sinned, (to be) worthy of beatings, they shall cast him (face) down, and they shall make him to be beaten before them; and the manner of the beatings shall be for the measure of the sin (or and the number of beatings, or strokes, shall correspond to the measure of the sin),

Matthew 5:22But I say to you, that each man that is wroth to his brother, shall be guilty to (the) doom (or shall be brought to judgement); and he that saith to his brother, Fie!, [that is, a word of scorn], shall be guilty to the council; but he that saith Fool, [that is, a word of despising], shall be guilty to the fire of hell.

Matthew 23:34Therefore lo! I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes [or writers]; and of them ye shall slay and crucify, and of them ye shall scourge in your synagogues, and shall pursue from city into city, [or and shall pursue from city to city], (or and shall persecute them from city to city);

Matthew 26:59And the prince of (the) priests, and all the council sought false witnessing against Jesus, that they should (be)take him to (the) death; (And the High Priest, and all the council sought false testimony against Jesus, so that they could deliver him unto death;)

Mark 13:12For the brother shall betake the brother into death [or Forsooth a brother shall betray a brother into death], and the father the son, and sons shall rise together against fathers and mothers, and punish them by death.

Luke 21:12But before all these things they shall set their hands on you, and shall pursue you, betaking (you) into synagogues and keepings, [either prisons], and drawing you to kings and to justices, for my name; (But before all these things they shall put their hands on you, and shall persecute (you), delivering you into synagogues and into prisons, and drawing (you) unto kings and unto governors, for my name’s sake;)

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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