Matthew 10:18
New International Version
On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

New Living Translation
You will stand trial before governors and kings because you are my followers. But this will be your opportunity to tell the rulers and other unbelievers about me.

English Standard Version
and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them and the Gentiles.

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

Berean Literal Bible
And you will be brought also before governors and kings on account of Me, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

King James Bible
And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

New King James Version
You will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

New American Standard Bible
and you will even be brought before governors and kings on My account, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

NASB 1995
and you will even be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

NASB 1977
and you shall even be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

Legacy Standard Bible
and you will even be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

Amplified Bible
and you will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

Christian Standard Bible
You will even be brought before governors and kings because of me, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You will even be brought before governors and kings because of Me, to bear witness to them and to the nations.

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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“And they will bring you before Governors and Kings because of me, for their testimony and that of the Gentiles.”

Contemporary English Version
Because of me, you will be dragged before rulers and kings to tell them and the Gentiles about your faith.

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:

English Revised Version
yea and before governors and kings shall ye be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Because of me you will even be brought in front of governors and kings to testify to them and to everyone in the world.

Good News Translation
For my sake you will be brought to trial before rulers and kings, to tell the Good News to them and to the Gentiles.

International Standard Version
You will be brought before governors and kings because of me, to testify to them and to unbelievers.

Literal Standard Version
and before governors and kings you will be brought for My sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

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

New American Bible
and you will be led before governors and kings for my sake as a witness before them and the pagans.

NET Bible
And you will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them and the Gentiles.

New Revised Standard Version
and you will be dragged before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them and the Gentiles.

New Heart English Bible
Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

Webster's Bible Translation
And ye will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

Weymouth New Testament
and you will even be put on trial before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles.

World English Bible
Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

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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Context
Sheep among Wolves
17But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues. 18 On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. 19But 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.…

Cross References
Psalm 119:46
I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.

Matthew 10:17
But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.

Matthew 10:19
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.


Treasury of Scripture

And you shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

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 ye 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…

for a.

Matthew 8:4
And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

Mark 13:9
But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.

2 Timothy 1:8
Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

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1. Jesus sends out his apostles, enabling them with power to do miracles;
5. giving them their charge, teaches them;
16. comforts them against persecutions;
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(18) Ye shall be brought before governors and kings.--The words are significant as looking forward (if we assume the unity of the discourse) to that future work among the Gentiles upon which the Twelve were told that they were not as yet to enter. "Rulers" stands always in the New Testament for the governors (proconsuls, procurators, and others) of the Roman Empire. "Kings" at least includes, even if it does not primarily indicate, the emperors themselves.

Against them.--Rather, unto them. The word is simply the dative of the person to whom we address our testimony, not involving necessarily any hostile or even reproving purpose.

Verse 18. - And; yea and (Revised Version); καὶ... δέ. Ye shall be brought. Transposed in the Revised Version with the following words, because the stress of Christ's saying lies, not on his followers being brought to trial, but on the high position of their judges. This marks both the extreme importance that their enemies will attach to them, and the lengths to which these will go. Before governors; i.e., probably, representatives of others in supreme power. Such were Felix and Festus, the praetors at Philippi (hardly the politarchs at Thessalonica, for this was a free city), and Gallio at Corinth. But perhaps ἡγεμών is here used in the narrower sense of procurator, in which case of the above names only the first two ought to be mentioned, for Gallio was a proconsul (ἀνθύπατος). And kings. The supreme authorities themselves. So especially Nero (2 Timothy 4:16), and even Herod Agrippa II. (Acts 25:13, sqq.), for he was autocratic in his kingdom, save that he owed allegiance to the power that gave it to him. For my sake (Matthew 5:11, note). St. Peter ("for the Lord's sake... king... governors," 1 Peter 2:13, 14) possibly refers to this utterance, but by using the singular, "king," recalls more definitely the one political organization with which his readers would be brought into contact in Asia Minor, the Roman emperor and his representatives. For a testimony against (to, Revised Version) them and (to, Revised Version) the Gentiles. Them. Not the Jews (Bengel, Meyer, and perhaps also the Revised Version), but the governors and kings. For (a) the parallel passage, Mark 13:9, omits "the Gentiles;" (b) the parallel passage, ch. 24:14 (vide supra), runs, "This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world [possibly, too, the word employed, οἰκουμένη, has special reference to the Roman empire] for a testimony unto all the Gentiles." Both passages show that the Lord is not here thinking of the Jews, but only of the Gentiles and rulers from among them. Against; to. A witness to these Gentile rulers of what the gospel really does for men, and of their consequent responsibility; cf. Matthew 8:4, note; also the parallel passage, Luke 21:13. Eusebius, referring to out' Lord's words, gives a striking illustration in his 'Mart. Pal.,' 6.

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Greek
On My account,
ἕνεκεν (heneken)
Preposition
Strong's 1752: Or heneken hen'-ek-en or heineken hi'-nek-en; of uncertain affinity; on account of.

you will be brought
ἀχθήσεσθε (achthēsesthe)
Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 71: A primary verb; properly, to lead; by implication, to bring, drive, go, pass, or induce.

before
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

governors
ἡγεμόνας (hēgemonas)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2232: From hegeomai; a leader, i.e. Chief person of a province.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

kings
βασιλεῖς (basileis)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 935: A king, ruler, but in some passages clearly to be translated: emperor. Probably from basis; a sovereign.

as
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

witnesses
μαρτύριον (martyrion)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3142: Neuter of a presumed derivative of martus; something evidential, i.e. evidence given or, the Decalogue.

to them
αὐτοῖς (autois)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

to the
τοῖς (tois)
Article - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Gentiles.
ἔθνεσιν (ethnesin)
Noun - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's 1484: Probably from etho; a race, i.e. A tribe; specially, a foreign one.


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