Matthew 10:20

For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking in you.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

In Context

19But 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.

21But the brother shall deliver his brother unto death, and the father his son; and the sons shall rise up against their fathers, and shall slay them.

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Cross References

Mark 12:36For David himself saith by the Spirit of Holiness, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I set thy adversaries a footstool beneath thy feet.

Luke 12:12for the Spirit of Holiness will teach you in that hour what you ought to say.

Luke 21:15for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries cannot stand against.

Acts 4:8Then Shemun Kipha was filled with the Spirit of Holiness, and said to them, Rulers of the people, and elders of the house of Israel,

Acts 7:55And he, being full of faith and of the Spirit of Holiness, looked up to heaven, and saw the glory of Aloha, and Jeshu standing at the right hand of Aloha.

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 →

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