Matthew Chapter 10, Verse 18

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18: και επι ηγεμονας δε και βασιλεις αχθησεσθε ενεκεν εμου εις μαρτυριον αυτοις και τοις εθνεσινâ€” edit Textus Receptus
18: And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.- edit KJV text
18: And you shall be brought before governors, and before kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles:â€” edit Douay text

And ye shall be brought, etc. This prediction was completely and abundantly fulfilled, Acts 5:26, Acts 12:1ff, Acts 23:33, Acts 16:1, Acts 16:28,30.

Peter is said to have been brought before Nero, John before Domitian, Roman emperors; and others before Parthian, Scythian, and Indian kings. They were to stand there to bear a testimony against them; or, as it might be rendered, to them. That is, they were to be witnesses to them of the great facts and doctrines of the Christian religion; and if they rejected Christianity they would be witnesses against them in the day of judgment. The fulfillment of this prophecy is a signal evidence that Jesus possessed a knowledge of the future, few things were more improbable when this was uttered than that the fishermen of Galilee would stand before the illustrious and mighty monarchs of the East and the West.