Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 10:17-19

"But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in theirs synagogues they will scourge you; yea and before governors and kings shall ye be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak." — Matthew 10:17-19 (ASV)

But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; And you shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what you shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what you shall speak.

And very remarkable were the answers given by the martyrs to those who persecuted them. In some cases, they were entirely uneducated men, weak women, unaccustomed to the quibbles and traps which ungodly wise men use; and yet, with His holy ability, they answered all their adversaries and often stopped their mouths.

It is wonderful what God can make of the weakest of men when He dwells in them and speaks through them.

For they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what you will speak: for it will be given you in that same hour what you will speak.

"Do not let it worry you that you are not orators, that you are not men of culture; speak what God the Holy Spirit will teach you to say, and leave the result with him."