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15 Assuredly, I say to you, ait will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!  

Persecutions Are Coming

16 a“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. bTherefore be wise as serpents and charmless as doves.  
17 But beware of men, for athey will deliver you up to councils and bscourge you in their synagogues.  
18 aYou will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.  
19 aBut when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For bit will be given to you in that hour what you should speak;  
20 afor it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.  
21 a“Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.  
22 And ayou will be hated by all for My name’s sake. bBut he who endures to the end will be saved.  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Matthew 10:17

But beware of men - Or, be on your guard against men, These men; i.e. your countrymen; those from whom you might have reasonably expected comfort and support; and especially those in power, who will abuse that power to oppress you.

Councils - , sanhedrins and synagogues. See on Matthew 5:22 (note). "By synagogues we may understand here, not the places of public worship, but assemblies where three magistrates, chosen out of the principal members of the synagogue, presided to adjust differences among the people: these had power, in certain cases, to condemn to the scourge, but not to death. See Acts 22:19; II Corinthians 11:24, compared with Luke 12:11." See Lightfoot.




Other Adam Clarke entries containing Matthew 10:17:

Luke 12:11

 

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