Matthew 10:18
16 Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
17 But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.
On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.
19 But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.
20 For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.
- KJV
- And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
- WEB
- Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.
- ASV
- yea and before governors and kings shall ye be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
- DARBY
- and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.
- BLB
- And you⁺ will be led before governors and also kings on account of Me, for a testimony to them and to the nations.
- ÅB
- og dere skal bli ført fram for landshøvdinger og konger for min skyld, til vitnesbyrd for dem og for hedningene.
- OTB
- Dere vil bli brakt frem for guvernører og konger på grunn av meg, som et vitnesbyrd for dem og for hedningene.
- B1930
- og I skal føres frem for landshøvdinger og konger for min skyld, til vidnesbyrd for dem og for hedningene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 5:25–27
Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”
Read in contextPsalms 2:1–6
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
Read in contextMatthew 8:4
Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”
Read in contextActs 24:1–26
Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.
Read in contextMark 13:9
So be on your guard. You will be delivered over to the councils and beaten in the synagogues. On My account you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.
Read in contextActs 23:33–34
When the horsemen arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and presented Paul to him.
Read in contextActs 12:1–4
About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.
Read in contextRevelation 11:7
When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.
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