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But when they deliver you up, don`t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.
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Commentators emphasize this is a specific promise for believers facing persecution. When arrested for your faith, Jesus says not to be anxious about your defense. The Holy Spirit will provide the right words at the right time. Scholars point to countless stories of martyrs who, though uneducated, spoke with divine wisdom that confounded their accusers.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Take no thought. That is, do not be anxious, or excessively concerned. (See Barnes on Matthew 6:26).
God would inspire them. This w…
Be not anxious (μη μεριμνησητε). Ingressive aorist subjunctive in prohibition. "Do not become anxious" (Matthew 6:31).…
19th Century
Anglican
Take no thought — This is meant in the same sense as in Matthew 6:25: “Do not be over-anxious in that moment.” These words indicat…
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Baptist
But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For …
The verb “arrest” (GK 4140) is better translated as “hand over.” The subject is ambiguous: people, opponents, or Jewish leaders could be “handing o…
16th Century
Protestant
Be not anxious.585 A consolation is added: for Christ’s many exhortations to the disciples would have been in vain if He had no…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But when they deliver you up The apostles hearing that they should be delivered up to councils, and brought before g…
Our Lord warned his disciples to prepare for persecution. They were to avoid all things which gave an advantage to their enemies, all meddling with…
13th Century
Catholic
The Lord instructed the Apostles concerning their office and their necessary means of livelihood; but now He instructs them concerning their immine…
