Matthew 10:19
But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what you shall speak; for that which you shall speak shall be given you in that hour:
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
20for it is not you that speak, but it is the Spirit of your Father that speaks in you.
Cross References
Matthew 6:31Therefore, be not anxious, saying: What shall we eat? or, what shall we drink? or, with what shall we be clothed?
Mark 13:11But when they lead you to deliver you up, be not anxious beforehand, nor premeditate what you shall speak; but whatever shall be given you in that hour, that do you speak; for it is not you that speak, but the Holy Spirit.
Luke 21:12But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues, and into prisons, after being brought before kings and governors for my name’s sake.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 10:17-42
Instructions to the Apostles. 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; 18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. 19 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.… Read the whole commentary →