Matthew 10:18 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 10:18

On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

yea and before governors and kings shall ye be brought for my sake, for a testimony 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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Hilary of Poitiers

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (367)

And by this their testimony not only was all excuse of ignorance of His divinity taken away from their persecutors, but also to the Gentiles was opened the way of believing on Christ, who was thus devotedly preached by the voices of the confessors among the flames of persecution; and this is that He adds, and the Gentiles.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They must look for trouble, not only from inferior magistrates in the councils, but from governors and kings, the supreme magistrates. To be brought before them, under such black representations as were commonly made of Christ's disciples, was dreadful and dangerous; for the wrath of a king is as the roaring of a lion. We find this often fulfilled in the acts of the apostles.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Ye shall be brought before governors, etc. - “This affords a striking proof of the prescience of Christ. Who could have thought, at that time, that these despised and illiterate men could excite so much attention, and be called upon to apologize for the profession of their faith before the tribunals of the most illustrious personages of the earth?” Wakefield. By governors and kings we may understand, the Roman proconsuls, governors of provinces, and the kings who were tributary to the Roman government, and the emperors themselves, before whom many of the primitive Christians were brought.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐπὶ	epi	before	G1909 →
ἡγεμόνας	hēgemonas	governors	G2232 →
δὲ	de	also	G1161 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
βασιλεῖς	basileis	kings	G935 →
ἀχθήσεσθε	achthēsesthe	you will be brought	G71 →
ἕνεκεν	heneken	on account of	G1752 →
ἐμοῦ	emou	Me	G1473 →
εἰς	eis	for	G1519 →
μαρτύριον	marturion	a testimony	G3142 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	to them	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τοῖς	tois	to the	G3588 →
ἔθνεσιν.	ethnesin	Gentiles.	G1484 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 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.”
leads to
- Leviticus 14:2–32
  “This is the law for the one afflicted with a skin disease on the day of his cleansing, when he is brought to the priest.
- Luke 17:14
  When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed.
- Luke 5:14
  “Do not tell anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”
- Leviticus 13:2–46
  “When someone has a swelling or rash or bright spot on his skin that could become an infectious skin disease, he must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons…
- Mark 7:36
  Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more He ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it.
Through
Mark 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.
leads to
- Matthew 10:17–18
  But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.
- John 16:2
  They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
- 1 Corinthians 4:9–13
  For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as…