马太福音 10:26

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

應該怕誰（路12:2~9）“所以不要怕他們。沒有甚麼掩蓋的事不被揭露，也沒有甚麼祕密是人不知道的。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
所 以 ， 不 要 怕 他 们 ； 因 为 掩 盖 的 事 没 有 不 露 出 来 的 ， 隐 藏 的 事 没 有 不 被 人 知 道 的 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ "Listen, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as clever as snakes and as innocent as doves. ¹⁷ Be careful of people, because they will arrest you and take you to court and whip you in their synagogues. ¹⁸ Because of me you will be taken to stand before governors and kings, and you will tell them and the non-Jewish people about me. ¹⁹ When you are arrested, don't worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given the things to say. ²⁰ It will not really be you speaking but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. ²¹ "Brothers will give their own brothers to be killed, and fathers will give their own children to be killed. Children will fight against their own parents and have them put to death. ²² All people will hate you because you follow me, but those people who keep their faith until the end will be saved. ²³ When you are treated badly in one city, run to another city. I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through all the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes. ²⁴ "A student is not better than his teacher, and a servant is not better than his master. ²⁵ A student should be satisfied to become like his teacher; a servant should be satisfied to become like his master. If the head of the family is called Beelzebul, then the other members of the family will be called worse names!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Fear: Matthew 10:28, Proverbs 28:1, Proverbs 29:25, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 41:14, Isaiah 43:1, Isaiah 43:2, Isaiah 51:7, Isaiah 51:8, Isaiah 51:12, Isaiah 51:13, Jeremiah 1:8, Jeremiah 1:17, Jeremiah 1:18, Ezekiel 2:6, Acts 4:13, Acts 4:19, 1 Peter 3:14

for: Mark 4:22, Luke 8:17, Luke 12:2, Luke 12:3, Luke 24:47, Acts 1:8, 1 Corinthians 4:5

Reciprocal: Job 12:22 - discovereth John 14:27 - afraid Colossians 2:3 - hid Colossians 4:4 - I may

Cross-References

Genesis 10:20
All these people were the sons of Ham, and all these families had their own languages, their own lands, and their own nations.

Genesis 10:28
Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Fear them not, therefore,.... That is, be not afraid of men, and of their reproaches and revilings; which our Lord intimates would do them no more hurt, than they did him, and which in a little while would be all wiped away: time would bring all things to light, when the wickedness of these men would be discovered, their evil designs seen through; which were now covered with the specious pretences of sanctity, and zeal for religion, and the glory of God; and the innocence and integrity of him and his disciples would be made manifest. There is no need to refer this to the great day of account, when every secret thing shall be brought to light; but it chiefly regards the times when the Gospel should be more publicly known, and embraced, and should prevail against all the opposition made unto it; and then all these reproachful names and characters would be seen plainly to arise from spite and malice: to which may be applied those proverbial sayings in common use,

for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed, and hid, that shall not be known. Men may cover their malice and wickedness, for a while, under the best of names, but ere long it will all be revealed to their great shame and reproach: the innocence of the followers of Christ may, for some time, lie out of sight, and they may be traduced as the worst of men; but in process of time things take another turn, and their characters appear in quite another light: and so it is with the Gospel preached and professed by them, which, though sometimes it is little known, lies hid, and is covered with disgrace; yet in the Lord's own time its light breaks forth, power attends it, and it is made manifest to the consciences of men.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Fear them not ... - He encouraged them by the assurance that God would protect them. and that their truth and innocence should yet be vindicated. It is probable that the declaration, There is nothing covered, etc., was a proverb among the Jews. By it our Saviour meant that their “innocence,” their “principles,” and their “integrity,” though then the world might not acknowledge them, in due time would be revealed, or God would vindicate them and the world would do them justice. They were, then, to be willing to be unknown, despised, persecuted for a time, with the assurance that their true characters would yet be understood and their sufferings appreciated.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 10:26. Fear them not — A general direction to all the persecuted followers of Christ. Fear them not, for they can make you suffer nothing worse than they have made Christ suffer; and under all trials he has promised the most ample support.

For there is nothing covered, c.] God sees every thing this is consolation to the upright and dismay to the wicked; and he will bring into judgment every work, and every secret thing, whether good or bad, Ecclesiastes 12:14.