And you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them and the Gentiles. The reach of the persecution extends beyond the synagogues to the Roman governors and the client kings — the same authorities who threatened Jesus in chapter 2 (Herod) and who will condemn him in chapter 27 (Pilate). The dragging before governors and kings is simultaneously persecution and opportunity: the disciples' testimony will be heard by the powers that cannot be reached by ordinary preaching. Acts 24–26 records Paul before Felix, Festus, and Agrippa — each a fulfillment of this verse.

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