Mateo 10:18

Filipino Cebuano Bible

18 ug tungod kanako kamo pagataralon ngadto sa atubangan sa mga punoan ug sa mga hari, aron makapanghimatuod kamo ngadto kanila ug sa mga Gentil.

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be: Psalms 2:1-6, Acts 5:25-27, Acts 12:1-4, Acts 23:33, Acts 23:34, Acts 24:1 - Acts 26:32, 2 Timothy 4:16, 2 Timothy 4:17

for a: Matthew 8:4, Mark 13:9, 2 Timothy 1:8, Revelation 1:9, Revelation 6:9, Revelation 11:7

Reciprocal: Exodus 5:1 - and told Deuteronomy 31:19 - a witness 2 Chronicles 26:18 - withstood Uzziah Psalms 119:46 - speak Jeremiah 19:3 - Hear Daniel 3:13 - Then Jonah 1:2 - cry Matthew 5:11 - for Matthew 27:11 - Jesus stood Mark 10:29 - for Luke 5:14 - for Luke 6:22 - for Luke 9:5 - a testimony John 15:21 - all Acts 9:15 - and kings Acts 17:19 - May Acts 21:37 - General Acts 25:22 - General Acts 26:28 - Almost Acts 27:24 - thou 1 Peter 3:14 - if 1 Peter 3:15 - and be

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And ye shall be brought before governors,.... Meaning Roman governors; so Paul was had before Gallio, Felix, and Festas; for judgments relating to life and death were to be taken away, and were taken away from the Jewish sanhedrim; and as they themselves say f, forty years before the destruction of the second temple, which was much about the time of Christ's death: so that what power they had, was only with regard to lesser matters, and to inflict lesser punishments, as beating and scourging: if they sought to take away life, they were obliged to bring the cause before the governors of the Roman provinces, who are here intended:

and kings for my sake; as Herod, Agrippa, Nero, Domitian, and others, before whom one or other of the apostles were brought; not as thieves, or murderers, or traitors, and seditious persons, or for having done any wrong or injury to any man's person or property; but purely for the sake of Christ, for the profession of their faith in him, and for preaching his Gospel; of all which they had no reason to be ashamed, nor were they:

for a testimony against, or "to"

them, and the Gentiles; that is, that thereby they might have an opportunity of bearing a testimony to the truths of the Gospel, which would be either to the conviction and conversion of many Gentiles, as well as Jews; or would be a testimony which would stand against them another day, both against the Jews, who charged, and accused them, and brought them before the Heathen kings and governors, to punish them with death; and against those Gentile magistrates, and others, who should join with them in rejecting the Gospel, and putting them to death for preaching it: so that they should have no pretext or excuse; since the Gospel had been faithfully and clearly preached to them, and they had despised it, and evil treated the ministers of it. This confirms what is before observed, that this passage refers to an after mission.

f Hieros. Sanhedrim, fol. 18. 1. & 24. 2. Juchasin, fol. 26. 2. & 51. 1. Maimon. Hilch. Sanhedrim. c. 14. sect. 13.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And ye shall be brought ... - This prediction was completely and abundantly fulfilled, Acts 5:26; Acts 12:1-4; Acts 23:33; Acts 26:1, Acts 26:28, Acts 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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 10:18. Ye shall be brought before governors, &c. — "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.