And you shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. Treasury of Scripture be. Psalm 2:1-6 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing... Acts 5:25-27 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people... Acts 12:1-4 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church... Acts 23:33,34 Who, when they came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, presented Paul also before him... Acts 24:1-26:32 And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus... 2 Timothy 4:16,17 At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge... for a. Matthew 8:4 And Jesus said to him, See you tell no man; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded... Mark 13:9 But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues you shall be beaten... 2 Timothy 1:8 Be not you therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner... Revelation 1:9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ... Revelation 6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God... Revelation 11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them...
Context Comfort in Persecution
16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the middle of wolves: be you therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will whip you in their synagogues; 18And you shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. 19But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what you shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what you shall speak. 20For it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaks in you. 21And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. 22And you shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endures to the end shall be saved. 23But when they persecute you in this city, flee you into another: for truly I say to you, You shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. 24The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. 25It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? Parallel Verses American Standard Version
yea and before governors and kings shall ye be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And you shall be brought before governors, and before kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles:
Darby Bible Translation
and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.
King James Bible
And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
Young's Literal Translation
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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