Matthew 10:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.”
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“But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;”
King James Version · Public Domain“But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And, take ye heed of men, for they will give you up to sanhedrims, and in their synagogues they will scourge you,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 10:17 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 25:2If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.
- Micah 7:5Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
- Matthew 5:22But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.
- Matthew 20:19and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.”
- Matthew 23:34Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.
- Matthew 24:9Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
- Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
- Mark 13:9So be on your guard. You will be delivered over to the councils and beaten in the synagogues. On My account you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.
- Mark 13:12Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
- Luke 12:11When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.
- Luke 21:12But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.
- John 11:47Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
- John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
- Acts 4:6along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.
- Acts 5:26At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.
- Acts 14:5But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,
- Acts 17:14The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.
- Acts 22:19‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.
- Acts 23:1Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this day.”
- Acts 26:11I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.
- 2 Corinthians 11:24Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.
- Philippians 3:2Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!
- 2 Timothy 4:15You too should beware of him, for he has vigorously opposed our message.
- Hebrews 11:36Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
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