Matthew 10:19
And when they may deliver you, be not solicitous how or what you may speak: for it will be given unto you in that hour what you may say.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
20For you are not those speaking, but the Spirit of your Father is speaking in you.
Cross References
Matthew 6:31Therefore be not solicitous, saying, What can we eat? or what can we drink? or with what can we be clothed?
Mark 13:11And when they may lead you forth, delivering you up, do not be solicitous what you may speak, nor meditate: but whatsoever may be given to you in that hour, speak this: for you are not those speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
Luke 21:12And before all of these things, they will lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you into their synagogues and prisons, led 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 →