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Matthew 10:17
But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.
But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.
Verse Matthew 10:17. _BUT BEWARE OF MEN_] Or, be on your guard against _men_, των ανθρωπων THESE men; i.e. your _countrymen_; those from whom you might have reasonably expected comfort and support; an...
BUT BEWARE OF MEN - That is, be on your guard against people who are like wolves, Matthew 10:16. Do not run unnecessarily into danger. Use suitable prudence and caution, and do not needlessly endanger...
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)...
OF. away from: i.e. beware [and keep] away from. Greek. _apo._ App-104. MEN. Plural of _anthropos._ App-123. YOU. This was true of the Twelve ("them that heard Him": Hebrews 2:3) in the dispensation...
_beware of men_ Perhaps with a reference to the serpents and the doves, which shun the approach of men; but comp. ch. Matthew 17:22, "The Son of Man shall be betrayed into the hands of men." _council...
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...
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...
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...
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...
ΠΡΟΣΈΧΕΤΕ�. Perhaps with a reference to the serpents and the doves, which shun the approach of men; but comp. ch. Matthew 17:22, μέλλει ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ�. ΣΥΝΈΔΡΙΑ. i.e. provincial synagogue-tribunals. See...
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...
ΠΡΟΣΈΧΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΠΡΟΣΈΧΩ (G4337) остерегаться, ΠΑΡΑΔΏΣΟΥΣΙΝ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΡΑΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G3860) י _см._ Matthew 10:4. ΣΥΝΈΔΡΙΑ (G4892) _acc. pl._ совет. _pl._ указывает на малые...
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...
But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; BUT BEWARE OF MEN; FOR THEY WILL DELIVER YOU TO THE COUNCILS, [ sunedria (G4892)] -...
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...
10:17 sanhedrims, (b-12) Local Jewish tribunals....
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
BUT BEWARE OF MEN] better, 'beware of the men,' viz. those wolves of whom I have been speaking. COUNCILS] i.e. courts of justice generally. SCOURGE YOU IN THEIR SYNAGOGUES] A synagogue was also a cour...
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...
TO THE COUNCILS. — The plural shows that our Lord referred, not to the Great Council or Sanhedrin at Jerusalem, but to the lesser councils connected with provincial synagogues that had power to judge...
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
τῶν ἀνθρώπων : Weiss, regarding Matthew 10:17 as the beginning of an interpolation, takes τῶν generically = the whole race of men conceived of as on the whole hostile to the truth = κόσμος in the four...
_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...
But beware of (h) men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; (h) For in the cause of religion men are wolves to each other....
They will deliver you up in councils. Christ, in this and the following verse, warns his apostles of the many troubles and persecutions to which the preaching of the faith would expose them. St. Chrys...
CHAPTER 29 MATTHEW'S BEAST Matthew 10:1-17; Mark 2:15-22; Luke 5:29-39. Luke “And Levi made a great feast for Him in his own house; and there was a great multitude of publicans and others who were si...
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...
17._But beware of men _Erasmus has inserted the word _these, (beware of these men,) _supposing that the article has the force of a demonstrative pronoun. (584) But in my opinion it is better to view i...
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...
BUT BEWARE OF MEN,.... Of these men, comparable to wolves, before spoken of: the phrase is somewhat uncommon and emphatical, and designs not merely wicked men in common, the men of the world, and enem...
But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; Ver. 17. _But beware of men_] Absurd and wicked men, saith Paul, 2 Thessalonians 3:2; ...
Mat. 10:17. "But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues." To understand how this comes in, and how the particle 'but' connects it wi...
_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...
BEWARE; be cautious, and not needlessly exasperate wicked men, nor expose yourselves to their wrath. COUNCILS; the judicial tribunals of the Jews. No wisdom or goodness in the discharge of duty will...
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...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III And to the disciples He was wont to say, "And ye shall stand before governors and kings for My sake; and they shall scourge some of you, and slay you, and persecute...
Matthew 10:17 But G1161 beware G4337 (G5720) of G575 men G444 for G1063 deliver G3860 you G5209 up...
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 10:17. BUT BEWARE OF MEN, _i.e._, ‘wolves.' Men in general will be hostile and weak. To ‘beware' they must be ‘wise.' Not needless suspicion but prudent discernment. COUNCILS. The regular loc...
BEWARE OF MEN (προσεχετε απο των ανθρωπων). Ablative case with απο. Hold your mind (νουν understood) away from. The article with ανθρωπων points back to λυκων (wolves) in Matthew 10:16. TO COUNCILS...
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...
WATCH OUT. Some religious leaders would severely oppose their work of renewal. They could expect to be arrested, tried in court, and whipped in the synagogues (_see_ Acts 22:19; Acts 26:11)....
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...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 10:17 SYNAGOGUES places of worship but also places where discipline (such as beating) was carried out. ⇐...
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 Corinthians 11:24; 2 Corinthians 11:24; 2 Corinthians 11:25; 2 Timothy 4:15;...
Of men [τ ω ν α ν θ ρ ω π ω ν]. Lit., "the men," already alluded to under the term wolves....
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...
But think not that all your innocence and all your wisdom will screen you from persecution. They will scourge you in their synagogues — In these the Jews held their courts of judicature, about both ci...
Here our Saviour lets his apostles know that for their owning him, and preaching his gospel, they shall be brought before all sorts of magistrates, and in all kinds of courts: but he advises them, whe...