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Matthew 10:18-25

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

18. And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. 19. But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. 20. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. 21. And 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. 22. And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. 23. But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. 24. The disciple is not above [his] master, nor the servant above his lord. 25. It 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?

Matthew 10:18-25 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Matthew 10:18

Theological / Devotional

Governors and kings. During the early years of Christianity such governors as Pilate, Felix, Festus, and Gallio examined Christian workers accused of being anarchists and troublemakers. Herod Antipas, Herod Agrippa I, Nero, and Domitian were some of the kings and emperors before whom Christians were compelled to appear.

For my sake. The promise of v. 19 applies only when Christians are accused because of their faith and missionary activities, not when they have been engaged in improper activities (see 1 Peter 2:19, 20).

Against them. Rather, “to them,” in the sense of “before them.” Many “governors and kings,” as well as lesser officials, would have no opportunity to hear the truth except when forced by their official position to listen to, and to observe the effect of, the principles of truth upon the lives of those brought before them.

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