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For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
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A Promise for Crisis Moments
This promise is not for everyday conversations or an excuse for lazy sermon preparation. Commentators like the Expositor's Bible Commentary and Thomas Aquinas clarify its specific context: when believers are arrested and put on trial for their faith. In those high-pressure moments, with no time to prepare, Jesus assures his followers that the Holy Spirit will provide the necessary words.
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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…
19th Century
Anglican
It is not you that speak—The words are strong. Human thoughts and purposes seem as if utterly suppressed, and the inspiring agency alone i…
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 …
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The verb “arrest” (GK 4140) is better translated as “hand over.” The subject is ambiguous: people, opponents, or Jewish leaders could be “handing o…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For it is not you that speak Not but that they were to speak the words, and did; but then both the things they spoke…
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…
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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…
