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When they lead you away and deliver you up, don`t be anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
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The Spirit's Words in Crisis
Scholars emphasize that this is a powerful promise for believers facing persecution. When put on trial for their faith, they are not to be anxious about what to say. The Holy Spirit will supernaturally provide the right words, wisdom, and courage for that specific moment. Commentators point to the apostles in the book of Acts as a prime example of this promise fulfilled.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Neither do you premeditate. Do not think beforehand, or prepare an answer. You do not know what the accusations will be, and God …
Be not anxious beforehand what ye shall speak (μη προμεριμνατε τ λαλησητε). Negative with present imperative to make a general pro…
19th Century
Anglican
It is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.—In the parallel passage of Matthew 10:20 we have, the Spirit of your Fat…
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Jesus went on to predict that the disciples would be hauled into court and would there be cross-examined by the authorities. He promised them, in t…
16th Century
Protestant
Neither premeditate. This sentence, as well as the one which immediately follows, we have explained131 under Matthew 10:19. Our…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up Lead to councils and courts of judicature, and deliver up to kings …
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Our Lord Jesus, in reply to the disciples' question, does not so much satisfy their curiosity as direct their consciences. When many are deceived, …
