Matthew 10:18

Coverdale Bible (1535)

And ye shall be brought before prynces and kynges for my sake, in witnes to them and to the gentyls.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐπὶ ἡγεμόνας δὲ καὶ βασιλεῖς ἀχθήσεσθε ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ, εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτοῖς καὶ τοῖς Ἔθνεσιν.

Transliteration

And before hēgemonas de and basileis achthēsesthe heneken of-me, for martyrion to-them and to-the Ethnesin.

Grammar Details

• *hēgemonas*: accusative masculine plural - governors/rulers
• *de*: postpositive particle - and/also/indeed
• *basileis*: accusative masculine plural - kings
• *achthēsesthe*: future passive indicative, 2nd plural - you will be brought/led
• *heneken*: preposition + genitive - because of/for the sake of
• *martyrion*: accusative neuter singular - testimony/witness
• *Ethnesin*: dative neuter plural - to Gentiles/nations

Word Meanings

• *hēgemonas*: governors/rulers/leaders
• *basileis*: kings/monarchs
• *achthēsesthe*: you will be brought/led/dragged
• *heneken*: because of/for the sake of/on account of
• *martyrion*: testimony/witness/evidence
• *Ethnesin*: Gentiles/nations/foreigners

Referenced Verses

• Matt 8:4 : 4 And Iesus sayde vnto hym: Se thou tell no ma, but go and shew thy selfe to the preste, and offer the gyfte that Moses comaunded, in witnes to them.
• Mark 13:9 : 9 But take ye hede to youre selues. For they shal delyuer you vp to the councels, and synagoges, and ye shal be beaten, and shalbe brought before prynces and kynges for my namessake, for a wytnesse vnto the.
• Acts 5:25-27 : 25 Then came there one, which tolde them: Beholde, the men that ye put in preson, are in the temple, stondinge and teachinge the people. 26 Then wete ye rulers with their mynisters, and fetched them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they shulde haue bene stoned. 27 And whan they had brought them, they set the before the councell. And the hye prest axed them,
• Acts 12:1-4 : 1 At the same tyme layed kynge Herode handes vpon certayne of the congregacion, to vexe them. 2 As for Iames the brother of Ihon, him he slewe with the swerde. 3 And whan he sawe that it pleased the Iewes, he proceaded farther to take Peter also. But it was Easter. 4 Now whan he had taken him, he put him in preson, and delyuered him vnto foure quaternions of soudyers, to kepe him: and thought after Easter to bringe him forth to the people.
• Acts 23:33-34 : 33 When these came to Cesarea, they delyuered the letter vnto the Debyte, & presented Paul before him also. 34 Whan the Debyte had red the letter, he axed off what countre he was. And wha he vnderstode that he was of Celicia,
• Acts 24:1-9 : 1 After fyue dayes the hye prest Ananias came downe with the Elders, and wt the Oratour Tertullus, which appeared before the Debyte agaynst Paul. 2 Whan Paul was called forth, Tertullus begane to accuse him, and sayde: Seynge that we lyue in greate peace by the meanes of ye, and that many good thinges are done for this people thorow thy prouydence 3 (most mightie Felix)that alowe we euer and in all places with all thankes. 4 Notwithstondinge yt I be nomore tedious vnto the, I praye the, that of thy curtesy thou woldest heare vs a few wordes. 5 We haue founde this man a pestilent felowe, and a sterer vp of sedicion amonge all the Iewes thorow out all the worlde, and a manteyner of the secte of the Nazaretes, 6 and hath taken in hande also to suspende the temple, whom we toke, and wolde haue iudged him acordinge to oure lawe. 7 But Lysias the hye captayne came vpo vs, and with greate violence delyuered him out of oure handes, 8 and commaunded his accusers to come vnto the: of whom (yf thou wilt enquyre) thou mayest haue knowlege of all these thinges, wherof we accuse him. 9 The Iewes likewyse affirmed and sayde, that it was euen so. 10 But Paul (whan the debyte had beckened vnto him, that he shulde speake) answered: Seynge I knowe that thou hast bene iudge now many yeares amonge this people, I wil not be afrayed to answere for my selfe, 11 because that thou mayest knowe, that there are yet no more but twolue dayes sence I came vp to Ierusalem for to worshippe, 12 and that they nether founde me in the temple disputinge with eny man, or makynge eny vproure amonge the people, ner in ye synagoges, ner in the cite: 13 nether can they proue the thinges, wherof they accuse me. 14 But this I confesse vnto the, that after this waye which they call heresye, so worshippe I the God of my fathers, that I beleue all that is wrytten in the lawe and in the prophetes, 15 and haue hope towardes God, that the same resurreccion of the deed (which they them selues loke for also) shalbe, both of the iust and vniust. 16 Therfore studye I to haue allwaye a cleare conscience towarde God and towarde men. 17 But after many yeares I came and broughte allmesse vnto my people, and offeringes: 18 whervpon they founde me purifyed in the temple without eny maner of rumoure or vnquyetnesse. Howbeit there were certayne Iewes out of Asia, 19 which shulde be here presente before the, and accuse me, yf they had oughte agaynst me: 20 or els lett these same here saye, yf they haue founde eny vnrighteousnes in me, whyle I stonde here before ye councell: 21 excepte it be for this one worde, that I cried stondinge amonge them: Of the resurreccion off the deed am I iudged of you this daye. 22 Whan Felix herde this, he dyfferred the (for he knewe very well of that waye) and sayde: Whan Lysias the vpper captayne commeth downe, I wyl knowe ye vttemost of youre matter 23 But he commaunded the vndercaptayne to kepe Paul, and to let him haue rest, and that he shulde forbydde none of his acquauntauce to mynister vnto him, or to come vnto him. 24 But after certayne dayes came Felix wt his wife Drusilla, which was a Iewesse, and called for Paul, and herde him of the faith in Christ. 25 Howbeit whan Paul spake off righteousnesse, and off chastite and off the iudgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered: Go thy waye for this tyme. Whan I haue a conuenyent tyme, I wil sende for the. 26 He hoped also, that money shulde haue bene geuen him of Paul, therfore called he oft for him, and commened with him.
• 2 Tim 1:8 : 8 Be not thou asshamed therfore of ye testimony of or LORDE, nether of me, which am his presoner: but suffre thou aduersite also wt the Gospell, acordinge to the power of God
• 2 Tim 4:16-17 : 16 In my first answerynge no man assisted me, but all forsoke me. I praye God that it be not layed to their charges. 17 Notwitstondynge the LORDE stode by me, & stregthed me, that by me the preachinge shulde be fulfylled to the vttemost, and that all the Heythe shulde heare. And I was delyuered out of the mouth of the lyon.
• Rev 1:9 : 9 I Ihon youre brother and copanyon in tribulacion, and in the kyngdome and paciece which is in Iesu Christe, was in the yle of Pathmos for the worde of God, and for ye witnessynge of Iesu Christe.
• Rev 6:9 : 9 And when he opened the fyfte seale, I sawe vnder the aultre, the soules of them yt were kylled for the worde of God, and for ye testimony which they had,
• Rev 11:7 : 7 And when they haue fynisshed their testimony, the beest that cam out of the bottomlesse pytt, shal make warre agaynst the, and shal ouer come them, and kyll the.
• Ps 2:1-6 : 1 Why do the Heithe grudge? why do the people ymagyn vayne thinges? 2 The kynges of the earth stode vp, and the rulers are come together, agaynst the LORDE ad agaynst his anoynted. 3 Let vs breake their bondes a sunder, and cast awaye their yocke from vs. 4 Neuerthelesse, he that dwelleth in heauen, shall laugh the to scorne: yee euen the LORDE himselff shall haue them in derision. 5 Then shal he speake vnto them in his wrath, and vexe them in his sore dispeasure. 6 Yet haue I set my kynge vpon my holy hill of Sion.