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Matthew 10:18-20
New English Translation
Matthew 10:18-20
New English Translation
18 And you will be brought before governors and kings[a] because of me, as a witness to them and to the Gentiles. 19 Whenever[b] they hand you over for trial,[c] do not worry about how to speak or what to say,[d] for what you should say will be given to you at that time.[e] 20 For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
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- Matthew 10:18 sn These statements look at persecution both from a Jewish context as the mention of councils and synagogues suggests, and from a Gentile one as the reference to governors and kings suggests. Some fulfillment of Jewish persecution can be seen in Acts 4:3; 5:17-18, 40-41; 6:12; 7:1-60; 8:1-3, and of Gentile persecution in Acts 25:2-12, 24-27.
- Matthew 10:19 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
- Matthew 10:19 tn Or “hand you over into custody,” in particular “as a t.t. of police and courts ‘hand over into [the] custody [of]’” (BDAG 762 s.v. παραδίδωμι 1.b). In context some sort of trial is implied (cf. Luke 12:11).
- Matthew 10:19 tn Grk “how or what you might speak.”
- Matthew 10:19 tn Grk “in that hour.”
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