New English Translation
Luke 12:11
11But when they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense or what you should 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 the one who denies me before men will be denied before God’s angels. 10And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. But when they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense or what you should say, 12for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you must say.” 13Then someone from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the 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 21:12But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.
- Matthew 10:17Beware of people, because they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues.
- Matthew 23:34“For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,
- Mark 13:9“You must watch out for yourselves. You will be handed over to councils and beaten in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them.
- Acts 4:5On the next day, their rulers, elders, and experts in the law came together in Jerusalem.
- Acts 5:27When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,
- Acts 6:9But some men from the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia, stood up 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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