For a testimony to them, &c. That is, that by suffering with fortitude and constancy, you may bear testimony of me, as men must know, that it is not any vain thing for which they see you are prepared to die. Or the sense may be, that this may be for you a testimony against them in the day of judgment, and may render them inexcusable, since they will be unable to say that they have not heard the gospel. (Menochius)
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 _illiter...
AND YE SHALL BE BROUGHT ... - This prediction was completely and abundantly fulfilled, Acts 5:26; Acts 12:1; Acts 23:33; Acts 26:1,...
7. THE MESSENGERS OF THE KINGDOM. CHAPTER 10 1. The Twelve Disciples. (Matthew 10:1 .) 2. Their Commission. (Matthew 10:5 .) 3. Persecutions Promised. (Matthew 10:16 .) 4. Words of Encouragement....
THE CHARGE TO THE TWELVE. The section forms the second of five passages into which Mt. col lected the sayings of Jesus. The Markan account (Matthew 6:7) is followed by Luke 9:1, but Luke 10:2 (the Sev...
The apostles are to put up at the houses of the worthy, _i.e._ such as are ready to welcome them and their message. The house in Matthew 10:13 is perhaps best understood of that at which they make the...
Look you, it is I who am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Show yourself as wise as serpents, and as pure as doves. Beware of men! For they will hand you over to the councils, and they...
THE MESSENGERS OF THE KING (Matthew 10:1-4)...
AND. Yea and; or And... kings also. BEFORE. Greek. _epi._ FOR MY SAKE. on account of Me. Greek. _heneken._ FOR. with. view to. AGAINST. unto. GENTILES. nations....
The Church of the Future (1) The Apostolic character, 16. (2) Persecution, 17 25. (3) Consolation the care of the Father, 26 31. (4) The reward, 32. (5) The Christian choice, 33 39. (6) The hosts of...
_governors_ Such as Felix and Festus at Cæsarea, the Prætors or Duumviri at Philippi (Acts 16:20), the Politarchs at Thessalonica (Acts 17:6). _kings_ As Herod Agrippa or the Roman Emperor....
Christ's Charge to the Apostles This discourse falls naturally into two divisions; of which the first (Matthew 10:5) has reference to the immediate present, the second relates rather to the church of...
CHRIST’S CHARGE TO THE APOSTLES This discourse falls naturally into two divisions; of which the first (Matthew 10:5-15) has reference to the immediate present, the second relates rather to the church...
THE CHURCH OF THE FUTURE (1) The Apostolic character, 16. (2) Persecution, 17–25. (3) Consolation—the care of the Father, 26–31. (4) The reward, 32. (5) The Christian choice, 33–39. (6) The hosts of...
ἩΓΕΜΌΝΑΣ. Such as Felix and Festus at Cæsarea, the Praetors or Duumviri at Philippi (Acts 16:20), the Politarchs at Thessalonica (Acts 17:6). ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙ͂Σ. As Herod Agrippa or the Roman Emperor....
VER 16. "BEHOLD, I SEND YOU FORTH AS SHEEP IN THE MIDST OF WOLVES: BE YE THEREFORE WISE AS SERPENTS, AND HARMLESS AS DOVES. 17. BUT BEWARE OF MEN: FOR THEY WILL DELIVER YOU UP TO THE COUNCILS, AND THE...
_JESUS TAUGHT THE APOSTLES TO NOT FEAR MEN MATTHEW 10:16-26_ : The apostles were taught to both expect and prepare for persecution. They were to accept their cross and take it up for Jesus. Just as He...
ΚΑΊ (G2532) — ΔΈ (G1161) "и — и" ΚΑΊ вводит родственные понятия, ΔΈ — то, что противопоставляется (EGT). ΆΧΘΉΣΕΣΘΕ _fut. ind. pass. от_ ΆΓ (G71) вести, ΈΝΕΚΕΝ (G1752) с _gen._ потому что, ради тог...
BUT BEWARE OF MEN— "Though I order you to be meek and patient under injuries, I do not mean that you should not be on your guard, and, as far as is consistent with conscience and duty, avoid them: no,...
SECTION 23 JESUS COMMISSIONS TWELVE APOSTLES TO EVANGELIZE GALILEE III. JESUS CHALLENGES AND HONESTLY WARNS THE TWELVE OF THE DANGERS AND DIFFICULTIES THAT LIE AHEAD TEXT: 10:16-31 A. PERSECUTION BY...
And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. AND YE SHALL BE BROUGHT BEFORE GOVERNORS - or provincial rulers, AND KINGS - the hi...
1 Compare Mar_3:13-19; Luk_6:12-16. See Luk_9:1. 2 There is some variation in the order of the names, as well as of the names themselves, in the lists of the twelve apostles, but they are always found...
BEFORE GOVERNORS AND KINGS] 'Governors' were the Roman governors of the provinces, viz. proprætors, proconsuls, and procurators: cp. Paul before Felix and Pestus (Acts 24:1; Acts 25:6). 'Kings' were,...
MISSION OF THE TWELVE 1. Mission of the Twelve (Mark 6:7; Luke 9:1). This mission was intended partly to prepare the way for visits from Jesus Himself, and partly to train the apostles for their futur...
CHARGE TO THE TWELVE (Mark 6:7 Luke 9:1 : cp. also Luke 10:2, charge to the Seventy). The first eleven vv. of this great charge (Matthew 10:5) represent Christ's words act
LATER CHARGES OF JESUS, REFERRING TO WORK AFTER THE ASCENSION. Matthew 10:16 were probably spoken in Holy Week: see Mark 13:9; Luke 21:12....
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 10 JESUS CHOOSES 12 MEN AND SENDS THEM AS HIS WORKERS 10:1-4 V1 Jesus called his 12 *disciples to come to him. Then he gave them auth...
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 we...
CHAPTER 9 The King's Ambassadors - Matthew 9:36; Matthew 10:1 I - THE MISSION. Matthew 9:36 - Matthew 10:1 So far the Kin
ἡγεμόνας, provincial governors, including the three degrees: Propraetors, Proconsuls, and Procurators. From the point of view of the evangelist, who conceives the whole discourse as connected with the...
_Prophetic picture of future apostolic tribulations_. An interpolation of our evangelist after his manner of grouping _logia_ of kindred import. The greater part of the material is given in other conn...
STEADFAST UNDER PERSECUTION Matthew 10:16-23 The way of the servants and heralds of Christ will never be easy. From the first, it has been lined with jagged flints. On the one hand, they are assailed...
As a result of this, the King calls, equips, and sends forth His disciples. No work can be done to extend His Kingdom that is not the direct outcome of His compassion. To men in communion with that co...
HE SENDS OUT THE TWELVE Matthew 9:37-38. _“Then He says to His disciples, The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest, in order that He may send out th...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
So long as God gives Him access to the people, He continues His labour of love. Nevertheless, He was conscious of the iniquity that governed the people, although He did not seek His own glory. Having...
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...
And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. Ver. 18. _And ye shall be brought before governors_] Yea, they offered themselves to the...
_Beware of men_ That is, be on your guard against the men of the world with whom you converse, that you do not, by any inadvertency, give them advantage against you: and think not that all your innoce...
TESTIMONY; of the truths of the gospel, which would turn against them should they reject it....
The enmity of men:...
And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. Be on your guard against such men as might turn out to be wolves in disguise. Do not, in...
When He instructs us to pray, He fully intends to answer such prayer, as we see now in His sending forth His twelve disciples. It is precious to see Him exercising authority to communicate authority t...
16-42 Our Lord warned his disciples to prepare for persecution. They were to avoid all things which gave advantage to their enemies, all meddling with worldly or political concerns, all appearance of...
OLBGrk; Ver. 17,18. The last word, GENTILES, maketh it plain, that our blessed Lord is not here arming his disciples so much against any opposition they were like to meet with upon this their first go...
Origen Against Celsus Book II And who is there who would not be astonished at this prediction: "Ye shall be brought before governors and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentil...
Matthew 10:18 G2532 brought G71 (G5701) before G1909 governors G2232 and G2532 G1161 kings G935 My...
THE DANGERS THAT THEY WILL FACE IN THE FUTURE. Having declared the positive side of what their experiences will be Jesus now turns to the problems that they will face. For while they go trusting their...
“But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you, yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to the...
Peculiar to Matthew, though some of the sayings occur in the other Gospels. As such trials and emergencies did not occur on this journey, some suppose this part of the discourse was uttered at a later...
Matthew 10:18. AND MOREOVER. An additional thought. Besides trials before Jewish spiritual tribunals, they should BE BROUGHT BEFORE GOVERNORS AND KINGS, before the civil tribunals as common criminals....
Matthew 10:1 Jesus giving His Power to His Followers. Note: I. The work Christ's followers were to do. They were to do the mysterious work which the Master had done, and to preach as both He and Joh...
Matthew 10:16. Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and t...
Matthew 10:16. _Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves._ It is a strange errand that you are sent upon not as dogs to fight...
Matthew 10:1. _And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease._ They...
Matthew 10:1. And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. Now the...
CONTENTS: The twelve instructed and sent out. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James, Thaddaeus, Simon, Judas. CONCLUSION: The ca...
Matthew 10:1. _He called to him his twelve disciples._ Jesus chose twelve that they might sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Luke 22:30. And that they might be the twelve foundations...
YOU WILL BE BROUGHT TO TRIAL. Just like criminals! See Acts 12:1-5....
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 10:1 The Authoritative Mission of the Messiah’s Messengers. This is Jesus’ second major teaching (see Introduction: Key Themes). It focuses on the disciples’ mission to Israel...
CHAPTER 10 _And when He had called_, &c. Observe that Christ, out of all His disciples, chose principally twelve, as S. Luke shows more at length (vi. 13.). He chose twelve Apostles that they should b...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 10:17. SYNAGOGUES.—The ecclesiastical and civil elements were so thoroughly inter-blended among the Jews, that “in every synagogue,” says Lightfoot, “there was a civil triumv...
EXPOSITION For introductory notes to this chapter, see Matthew 9:35. MATTHEW 10:1 Parallel passages: Mark 6:7; Luke 9:1. Th
Shall we turn now in our bibles to the tenth chapter of the gospel of Matthew? In the beginning of the tenth chapter we find Christ sending His disciples out, telling them to go to the lost sheep of t...
2 Timothy 1:8; 2 Timothy 4:16; 2 Timothy 4:17; Acts 12:1; Acts 23:33;
SENDING OUT THE TWELVE Matthew 10:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Scripture for this study opens with the statement, "And when He had called unto Him His twelve disciples." We want to speak of the facts t...