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for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.
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A Gift of Mouth and Wisdom
Commentators explain that Jesus' promise is a comprehensive, two-part gift. 'A mouth' refers to the outward ability—eloquence and the power to speak clearly. 'Wisdom' refers to the inward faculty—the content, insight, and prudent arguments. This echoes God's promise to Moses, providing believers with both the right words and the ability to deliver them effectively when testifying for Christ.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A mouth. Eloquence, ability to speak as the case may demand. ().
Gainsay. Speak against. They will not be able to reply…
Your adversaries (ο αντικειμενο υμιν). Those who stand against, line up face to face with (note αντι-).
To withstan…
19th Century
Anglican
I will give you a mouth and wisdom.—The promise, even in its form, reminds us of that given to Moses when he drew back fr…
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Baptist
But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brough…
Encouragement during persecution. In its content this section bears some similarity to Mk 13:9–13 and also the account of the sending out of the Tw…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For I will give you a mouth A faculty of speaking, a freedom of expression, a door of utterance, a good degree of elocuti…
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