Matthew 10:19
But when they deliver you up, be not solicitous how or what you shall speak; for it is given you in that hour what you shall speak.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
20For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking in you.
Cross References
Matthew 6:31Be not anxious, therefore, nor say, What shall we eat, or, What shall we drink, or, How shall we be covered?
Mark 13:11But when they lead you to deliver you up, be not previously anxious what you shall say, nor premeditate; but that, whatever is given you in that hour, that say. For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of Holiness.
Luke 21:12But before all these, they will lay hands upon you, and persecute you, and deliver you up to the synagogues, and to the house of the bound. And they will bring you before kings and governors on account of my name.
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 →