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Matthew 10:19
But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses his disciples regarding their upcoming trials, speaking immediately after noting they will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses.
The words — The text highlights παραδῶσιν (paradōsin), meaning "they may deliver up," and μεριμνῆσητε (merimnēsēte), meaning "do not be anxious."
The thread — This instruction runs parallel to Exodus 4:12 where God promises to teach what to say, the parallel warning in Mark 13:11, and the strengthening promise in 2 Timothy 4:17.
Why it lands — The passage commands listeners to abandon pre-trial anxiety and accept divine provision for their defense.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Exodus 4:12 Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”
- Mark 13:11 But when they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand what to say. Instead, speak whatever you are given at that time, for it will not be you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
- 2 Timothy 4:17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
- Luke 12:11 When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.
- Luke 21:12 But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.
- Exodus 4:15 You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
- Jeremiah 1:9 Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
- Daniel 3:16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
- Jeremiah 1:7 But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.
- Matthew 6:25 Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?