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Luke 12:11
11When they bring you before the synagogues and the magistrates and the authorities, do not be worried about how you are to defend yourselves or what you are to say;
Luke 12:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:
- New International Version (NIV)“When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say,
- English Standard Version (ESV)And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Now when they bring you to the synagogues and magistrates and authorities, do not worry about how or what you should answer, or what you should say.
Context of Luke 12:11
9But he who denies Me before men will be denied in the presence of the angels of God. 10And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit [that is, whoever intentionally discredits the Holy Spirit by attributing the authenticating miracles done by Me to Satan], it will not be forgiven him [for him there is no forgiveness]. When they bring you before the synagogues and the magistrates and the authorities, do not be worried about how you are to defend yourselves or what you are to say; 12for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.” 13Someone from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.”
Read all of Luke 12Luke 12:11 word by word
Ὅταν δὲ εἰσφέρωσιν ὑμᾶς ἐπὶ τὰς συναγωγὰς καὶ τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς ἐξουσίας, μὴ μεριμνήσητε πῶς ἢ τί ἀπολογήσησθε ἢ τί εἴπητε·Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andδέde · thenG1161
- whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
- they bringπροσφέρωprospherō · to bring toG4374
- youσύsu · youG4771
- untoἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
- the synagoguesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the synagoguesσυναγωγήsunagōgē · synagogueG4864
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- magistratesἀρχήarchē · beginningG746
- powersἐξουσίαexousia · authorityG1849
- take yeμεριμνάωmerimnaō · to worryG3309
- noμήmē · notG3361
- howπῶςpōs · how?!G4459
- orἤē · orG2228
- what thingτίςtis · which?G5101
- ye shall answerἀπολογέομαιapologeomai · to defend oneselfG626
- ye shall sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
Cross-references for Luke 12:11
- Luke 21:12“But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, turning you over to the synagogues and prisons, and bringing you before kings and governors for My name’s sake.
- Matthew 10:17Beware of men [whose nature is to act in opposition to God], for they will hand you over to the courts and flog you in their synagogues;
- Matthew 23:34“Therefore, take notice, I am sending you prophets and wise men [interpreters, teachers] and scribes [men educated in the Mosaic Law and the writings of the prophets]; some of them you will kill and even crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues, and pursue and persecute from city to city,
- Mark 13:9“But be on your guard; they will turn you over to courts, and you will be beaten in synagogues, and you will stand [as accused] before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them.
- Acts 4:5On the next day, their magistrates and elders and scribes (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) were gathered together in Jerusalem;
- Acts 5:27So they brought them and presented them before the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court). The high priest questioned them,
- Acts 6:9However, some men from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen (freed Jewish slaves), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and [the province of] Asia, rose up and questioned and argued with Stephen.
Commentaries on Luke 12:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Unto magistrates and powers - See Matthew 10:17-20. Take ye no thought - See Matthew 6:25; Matthew 10:19.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11See the notes at Matthew 10:17-20.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12brought before synagogues: Jesus predicted persecution from Jews in the synagogues and from Gentile rulers and authorities. Paul and other apostles faced both kinds of persecution throughout Acts.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-121-3. meantime--in close connection, probably, with the foregoing scene. Our Lord had been speaking out more plainly than ever before, as matters were coming to a head between Him and His enemies, and this seems to have suggested to His own mind the warning here. He had just Himself illustriously exemplified His own precepts. his disciples first of all--afterwards to "the multitudes" (Lu 12:54). covered--from the view.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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