Mark 13:11

When they lead you away and deliver you up, don’t be anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

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WEBBE

When they lead you away and deliver you up, don’t be anxious beforehand or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

BSB

But when they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand what to say. Instead, speak whatever you are given at that time, for it will not be you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

KJV

But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.

ASV

And when they lead you [to judgment], and deliver you up, be not anxious beforehand what ye shall speak: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye; for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit.

BBE

And when you are taken and given up to be judged, do not be troubled about what to say: but whatever is given to you in that hour, say: because it is not you who say it, but the Holy Spirit.

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καὶ kai And G2532 ὅταν hotan when G3752 δὲ de now G1161 ἄγωσιν agōsin they may lead away G71 ὑμᾶς humas you G4771 παραδιδόντες paradidontes delivering [you] up G3860 μὴ mē not G3361 προμεριμνᾶτε promerimnate do be anxious beforehand G4305 τί ti what G5101 λαλήσητε lalēsēte you may say G2980 μηδὲ mēde nor G3366 μελετᾶτε meletate do devise G3191 ἀλλ all᾽ but G235 ὃ ho whatever G3739 ἐὰν ean if G1437 δοθῇ dothēa shall be given G1325 ὑμῖν humin to you G4771 ἐν en in G1722 ἐκείνῃ ekeinē that [very] G1565 τῇ tēa (the) G3588 ὥρᾳ hōra hour G5610 τοῦτο touto that G3778 λαλεῖτε laleite do speak G2980 οὐ ou not G3756 γάρ gar for G1063 ἐστε este are G1510 ὑμεῖς humeis you yourselves G4771 οἱ hoi those G3588 λαλοῦντες lalountes speaking G2980 ἀλλὰ alla but G235 τὸ to the G3588 πνεῦμα pneuma Spirit G4151 τὸ to (the) G3588 ἅγιον hagion Holy G40

The early church

(ubi sup.) For when we are led before judges for Christ's sake, all our duty is to offer up our will for Christ. As for the rest, Christ Himself who dwells in us speaks for us, and the grace of the Holy Ghost shall be given us, when we answer. Wherefore it goes on: For it is not ye that shall speak, but the Holy Ghost.
Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
(non occ.) Another anxiety might also arise in the breasts of the disciples. Lest therefore after hearing that they were to be brought before kings and rulers, they should fear that their want of science and eloquence should render them unable to answer, our Lord consoles them by saying, But when they shall lead you and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye.
Glossa Ordinaria · d. 1274Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 5–13

Our Lord Jesus, in reply to the disciples' question, does not so much satisfy their curiosity as direct their consciences. When many are deceived, we should thereby be awakened to look to ourselves. And the disciples of Christ, if it be not their own fault, may enjoy holy security and peace of mind, when all around is in disorder. But they must take heed that they are not drawn away from Christ and their duty to him, by the sufferings they will meet with for his sake. They shall be hated of all men: trouble enough! Yet the work they were called to should be carried on and prosper. Though they may be crushed and borne down, the gospel cannot be. The salvation promised is more than deliverance from evil, it is everlasting blessedness.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.