Matthew 10:20 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 10:20

For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 35 (604)

"For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries will not be able to resist or contradict." As if He openly says to His weakening members: Do not be terrified, do not be afraid; you approach the contest, but I fight; you utter the words, but I am the one who speaks.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 19, 20.) But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you should say. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should say. For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you. Above, he said: For they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake. Therefore, when we are brought before judges because of Christ, we should only offer our own will for Christ.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For it is - the Spirit of your Father, etc. - This was an extraordinary promise, and was literally fulfilled to those first preachers of the Gospel; and to them it was essentially necessary, because the New Testament dispensation was to be fully opened by their extraordinary inspiration. In a certain measure, it may be truly said, that the Holy Spirit animates the true disciples of Christ, and enables them to speak. The Head speaks in his members, by his Spirit; and it is the province of the Spirit of God to speak for God.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οὐ	ou	Not	G3756 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ὑμεῖς	humeis	you yourselves	G4771 →
ἐστε	este	are	G1510 →
οἱ	hoi	[the] ones	G3588 →
λαλοῦντες	lalountes	speaking	G2980 →
ἀλλὰ	alla	but	G235 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
πνεῦμα	pneuma	Spirit	G4151 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
πατρὸς	patros	Father	G3962 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
τὸ	to	who	G3588 →
λαλοῦν	laloun	is speaking	G2980 →
ἐν	en	through	G1722 →
ὑμῖν.¶	humin	you.	G4771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 21:15
For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
leads to
- Acts 6:10
  but they could not stand up to his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 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.
- Ephesians 6:19
  Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will boldly make known the mystery of the gospel,
Through
Luke 12:12
For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”
leads to
- Luke 21:15
  For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
2 Peter 1:21
For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
leads to
- 2 Timothy 3:15–17
  From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
- 2 Samuel 23:2
  The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.
- 1 Peter 1:11
  trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.
- Luke 1:70
  as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,