Matthew 10:18
and before governors and kings ye shall be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.
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Psalms 2:1Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity?
Mark 13:9'And take ye heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you up to sanhedrims, and to synagogues, ye shall be beaten, and before governors and kings ye shall be set for my sake, for a testimony to them;
Acts 12:1And about that time, Herod the king put forth his hands, to do evil to certain of those of the assembly,
Acts 24:1And after five days came down the chief priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator — Tertullus, and they made manifest to the governor [the things] against Paul;
2 Timothy 4:16in my first defence no one stood with me, but all forsook me, (may it not be reckoned to them!)
Revelation 6:9And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony that 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 →