Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand how to answer,
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Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand how to answer,
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Let it sticke therfore faste in youre hertes not once to stody before what ye shall answere:
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Lay it vp therefore in your heartes, that ye cast not before hand, what ye shall answere.
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Passages linked to Luke 21:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Mark 13:11 When they lead you away and deliver you up, don’t be anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
- Luke 12:11-12 When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don’t be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say; for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say.”
- Matthew 10:19-20 But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say. For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to…
14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:
Ver. 14. See Mat 10:19; Mar 13:11; {See Trapp on "Mat 10:19"} {See Trapp on "Mar 13:11"}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain See Poole on "Mat 10:19-20", See Poole on "Mar…
See Poole on "Mat 10:19-20", See Poole on "Mar 13:11". We must not think that our Saviour by this forbids us what is naturally impossible for us to avoid, that is, the forming of those words first in our thoughts which we speak, nor yet a prudent thinking beforehand what we should speak; but an anxious thinking what we should speak, such a thinking as should argue a distrust in God to carry its through with that testimony which he calleth us forth to give.
For, saith he, I will give you a mouth and wisdom. So he promised Moses, that he would be with his mouth, and teach him what to say, Exo 4:12,15. And he tells Ezekiel, that he would open his mouth, Eze 3:27. Here he promises the disciples a mouth and wisdom, that is, such wisdom as should guide their tongues when they should be called out to testify for him. This was made good to Stephen, Act 6:9,10; the Libertines, Cyrenians, Alexandrians, those of Cilicia and Asia, were not able to resist the wisdom and spirit by which he spake. Thus it fared with Peter and John, Act 4:8-13.
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By resist we must understand conquer, or victoriously resist. The enemies of the gospel have been always opposing and resisting the patrons and witnesses of and for the truth, but never yet made a conquest: let any indifferent reader but read, and judge the accounts we have of the conflicts between the papists and the protestants in the beginning of the Reformation, or between the papists and the martyrs in Queen Mary’s days in this nation, and judge on whose side there was most Scripture and reason. This promise hath been fulfilling from Christ’s time even to this day. It is true, the enemies have been able to kill the persons of Christ’s disciples; they stoned Stephen, killed James with the sword, Act 7:12; they crucified Peter and Andrew, stoned Philip, banished John into Patmos, flayed Bartholomew, beheaded Matthew, and various ways destroyed many in the first and most furious times, and have slain many thousands since; but the truths which they preached prevailed.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and…
And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren,.... See Gill on Mat 10:21.
and kinsfolks, and friends. The Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions add, "your", to each of these relations, as your parents, &c.
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and some of you shall they cause to be put to death; as Stephen was stoned to death, and James, the brother of John, Herod killed with the sword, Act 7:58 and indeed all of them were put to death, except John, before the destruction of Jerusalem.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 14. Settle it therefore, &c.] See Clarke on…
Verse 14. Settle it therefore, &c.] See Clarke on Mt 10:19.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 14. not to meditate before] Luk_12:11; Mat_10:19-20. The meaning…
14. not to meditate before] Luk_12:11; Mat_10:19-20. The meaning is that they were neither to be anxious about the form of their Apologia, not to make it skilfully elaborate.^_
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (14) Not to meditate before . . .—The word…
(14) Not to meditate before . . .—The word differs from that used in the parallel passage of Mar_13:11, “take no thought” (the addition of “premeditate” there is very doubtful), as involving less anxiety. It is not found elsewhere in the New Testament, but the uncompounded verb meets us, as used by St. Paul, in 1Ti_4:15.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 "Because of this," referring to everything Jesus has said,…
Therefore
"Because of this," referring to everything Jesus has said, beginning in Luke 21:10. (See: Connecting Words)
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resolve in your hearts
Here "hearts" is a metonym for people's minds. AT: "make up your mind" or "decide firmly" (See: Metonymy)
not to prepare your defense ahead of time
"not to figure out ahead of time what you will say in order to defend yourself against their accusations"
wisdom that all your adversaries will not be able to resist or contradict
"wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict"
I will give you words and wisdom
"I will tell you what wise things to say"
words and wisdom
These can be combined into one phrase. AT: "words of wisdom" or "wise words" (See: Hendiadys)
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heart
word
wise
adversary
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