John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:" — Luke 12:11 (ASV)
And when they bring you to the synagogues
Of the Jews, to be examined and scourged by the rulers of them:
and to magistrates and powers ;
Heathen ones; the Persic version reads, "princes and kings"; and the Ethiopic version, "princes, kings, and judges"; see (Matthew 10:18)
Take you no thought how, or what thing you will answer, or what you
will say ;
be not anxiously concerned, neither about the manner, nor the matter of your answer, apology, and defence: in the first part of this clause, the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions, only read, "how"; and the Arabic version only, "what"; (See Gill on Matthew 10:19).