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Selected Verse: Matthew 10:18 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mt 10:18 |
Strong Concordance |
And [2532] ye shall be brought [71] before [1909] governors [2232] and [2532] [1161] kings [935] for my [1752] sake [1700], for [1519] a testimony [3142] against them [846] and [2532] the Gentiles [1484]. |
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King James |
And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
And ye shall be brought before governors--provincial rulers.
and kings--the highest tribunals.
for my sake, for a testimony against them--rather, "to them," in order to bear testimony to the truth and its glorious effects.
and the Gentiles--"to the Gentiles"; a hint that their message would not long be confined to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. The Acts of the Apostles are the best commentary on these warnings. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| And ye shall be brought ... - This prediction was completely and abundantly fulfilled, Act 5:26; Act 12:1-4; Act 23:33; Act 26:1, Act 26:28, Act 26:30. Peter is said to have been brought before Nero, and John before Domitian, Roman emperors; and others before Parthian, Scythian, and Indian kings. They were to stand there to bear a testimony against them; or, as it might be rendered, to them. That is, they were to be "witnesses to them" of the great facts and doctrines of the Christian religion; and if they rejected Christianity, they would be witnesses "against" them in the day of judgment. The fulfillment of this prophecy is a signal evidence that Christ possessed a knowledge of the future. Few things were more improbable when this was uttered than that the fishermen of Galilee would stand before the illustrious and mighty monarchs of the East and the West. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
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.
For a testimony against them and the Gentiles - That is, to render testimony, both to Jews and Gentiles, of the truth and power of my Gospel. |
30 And [2532] when he [846] had [2036] thus [5023] spoken [2036], the king [935] rose up [450], and [2532] the governor [2232], and [5037] Bernice [959], and [2532] they that sat with [4775] them [846]:
28 Then [1161] Agrippa [67] said [5346] unto [4314] Paul [3972], Almost [1722] [3641] thou persuadest [3982] me [3165] to be [1096] a Christian [5546].
1 Then [1161] Agrippa [67] said [5346] unto [4314] Paul [3972], Thou [4671] art permitted [2010] to speak [3004] for [5228] thyself [4572]. Then [5119] Paul [3972] stretched forth [1614] the hand [5495], and answered for himself [626]:
33 Who [3748], when they came [1525] to [1519] Caesarea [2542], and [2532] delivered [325] the epistle [1992] to the governor [2232], presented [3936] Paul [3972] also [2532] before him [846].
1 Now [1161] about [2596] that [1565] time [2540] Herod [2264] the king [935] stretched forth [1911] his hands [5495] to vex [2559] certain [5100] of [575] the church [1577].
2 And [1161] he killed [337] James [2385] the brother [80] of John [2491] with the sword [3162].
3 And [2532] because he saw [1492] it [3754] pleased [2076] [701] the Jews [2453], he proceeded further [4369] to take [4815] Peter [4074] also [2532]. (Then [1161] were [2258] the days [2250] of unleavened bread [106].)
4 And [3739] [2532] when he had apprehended [4084] him, he put [5087] him in [1519] prison [5438], and delivered [3860] him to four [5064] quaternions [5069] of soldiers [4757] to keep [5442] him [846]; intending [1014] after [3326] Easter [3957] to bring [321] him [846] forth [321] to the people [2992].
26 Then [5119] went [565] the captain [4755] with [4862] the officers [5257], and brought [71] them [846] without [3756] [3326] violence [970]: for [1063] they feared [5399] the people [2992], lest [3363] they should have been stoned [3034].