Matthew 10:18
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| Matthew 10:18 | |
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← 10:17 10:19 → | |
 Peasants bound by ropes and being taken to London for trial. The inscription says "You will be led before Princes and Rulers for my names sake. Matthew 10". John Foxe's Book of Martyrs (1563). | |
| Book | Gospel of Matthew |
| Christian Bible part | New Testament |
Matthew 10:18 is the 18th verse in the ninth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.
In the original Greek according to Westcott-Hort for this verse is:
- καὶ ἐπὶ ἡγεμόνας δὲ καὶ βασιλεῖς ἀχθήσεσθε ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ, εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτοῖς καὶ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:
- And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
The New International Version translates the passage as:
- On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.
New Testament References
Analysis
The Bible and church tradition both relate how this did indeed happen, although after Jesus' ascension. The following cases are well documented: 1) Paul was led as a captive before Felix and Festus, governors of Judea; 2) James the Less was led before Ananias, the High Priest, by whom he was ordered to be slain; 3) Peter and James the Great before Agrippa, who beheaded James; 4) Peter and Paul were brought to Nero who had them both killed; 5) St. Andrew was led to Ægeus, the pro-consul of Achaia, who crucified him; 6) St. John was brought before the Emperor Domitian, who had him placed in a cask of boiling oil, although he is said not to have died.[1][2]
