EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Matthew 10:20
20You will not be speaking your own words. The Holy Spirit of your Father God will give you his own words to say.
Matthew 10:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
- New International Version (NIV)for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
Context of Matthew 10:20
18They will take you to stand in front of kings and rulers. All this will happen because you are my disciples. You will tell all these important people and also the Gentiles the good news about me. 19When they take you to stand in front of their leaders, do not be afraid. Do not worry about what you should say or how you should say it. At that time, God will give you the right words to speak. You will not be speaking your own words. The Holy Spirit of your Father God will give you his own words to say. 21At that time, a man will let people kill his own brother. A father will let people kill his own child. Children will be against their parents. They will even ask people to kill their parents. 22All people will hate you because you are my disciples. But God will save the person who remains strong until the end.
Read all of Matthew 10Matthew 10:20 word by word
οὐ γὰρ ὑμεῖς ἐστε οἱ λαλοῦντες ἀλλὰ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν τὸ λαλοῦν ἐν ὑμῖν.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Matthew 10:20
- 2 Samuel 23:2‘The Spirit of the Lord gives me his message. I speak what he tells me to say.
- Mark 12:36The Holy Spirit helped David himself to say: “The Lord God said to my Lord: Sit at my right side until I win against your enemies. The you will be able to put your feet on them.”
- Luke 11:13You are bad. But even you know how to give good things to your children. Your Father in heaven knows much better than you do how to give good things to his children. So he will give the Holy Spirit to everyone who asks him.’
- Luke 21:15I will give you the right words to speak at that time. I will help you to be wise. The people who are against you will not be able to argue with you. They will just be quiet.
- Acts 2:4All the believers became full with the Holy Spirit. They began to speak in languages that they had not learned. They spoke whatever language the Holy Spirit helped them to speak.
- Acts 4:8Then Peter became full with the Holy Spirit and he said to them, ‘All you men are rulers of the people and important Jews.
- Acts 6:10But the Holy Spirit helped Stephen to be very wise when he spoke. So these men could not say that he was wrong.
- Acts 7:55But the Holy Spirit filled Stephen. He looked up to heaven and he saw the bright light of God's glory. He also saw Jesus, who was standing at the right side of God.
- Acts 28:25They argued about it with each other. When they began to leave the house, Paul said, ‘The Holy Spirit spoke a true message to your ancestors. He gave this message to Isaiah, the prophet:
- 1 Peter 1:12God showed his prophets that his messages about these things were not really to help them. Instead, God sent his message to the prophets to help you. That message is the good news about Jesus Christ which you have now heard. God sent his Holy Spirit from heaven to help people to tell the good news to you. Even the angels would like to understand more about these things.
- 2 Peter 1:21None of the prophets' messages came because any person wanted to say something. Instead, God's Holy Spirit caused people to speak words that came from God.
- Matthew 6:32People who do not know God are always trying to get these things. But as for you, your Father in heaven knows that you need them.
- Luke 12:30People who do not know God are always trying to get these things. But as for you, your Father God knows that you need them.
Commentaries on Matthew 10:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20For 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…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-42Verses 16-42 Our Lord warned his disciples to prepare for persecution. They were to avoid all things which gave advantage to their enemies, all meddling with worldly or political concerns, all appearance of evil or selfishness, and all underhand measures. Christ foretold troubles, not only that the troubles might not be a surprise, but that they might confirm their faith. He tells them what they should suffer, and from whom. Thus Christ has dealt fairly…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-20Just as God gave Moses a spokesman in Aaron (Exodus 4:10–17), God would also give Jesus disciples the right words at the right time through the Spirit (John 14:26; Acts 4:8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you--How remarkably this has been verified, the whole history of persecution thrillingly proclaims--from the Acts of the Apostles to the latest martyrology.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 10
- 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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