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Text -- Matthew 10:20 (NET)

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10:20 For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
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JFB: Mat 10:20 - -- How remarkably this has been verified, the whole history of persecution thrillingly proclaims--from the Acts of the Apostles to the latest martyrology...

How remarkably this has been verified, the whole history of persecution thrillingly proclaims--from the Acts of the Apostles to the latest martyrology.

Clarke: Mat 10:20 - -- 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;...

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. Neither surprise, defect of talents, nor even ignorance itself, could hurt the cause of God, in the primitive times, when the hearts and minds of those Divine men were influenced by the Holy Spirit

Clarke: Mat 10:20 - -- Your Father - This is added to excite and increase their confidence in God.

Your Father - This is added to excite and increase their confidence in God.

TSK: Mat 10:20 - -- but : 2Sa 23:2; Mar 12:36; Luk 11:13, Luk 21:15; Act 2:4, Act 4:8, Act 6:10, Act 7:55, Act 7:56; Act 28:25; 1Pe 1:12; 2Pe 1:21 your : Mat 6:32; Luk 12...

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Barnes: Mat 10:19-20 - -- Take no thought - That is, be not anxious or unduly solicitous. See the notes at Mat 6:25. This was a full promise that they should be inspired...

Take no thought - That is, be not anxious or unduly solicitous. See the notes at Mat 6:25. This was a full promise that they should be inspired, and was a most seasonable consolation. Poor, and ignorant, and obscure fishermen would naturally be solicitous what they should say before the great men of the earth. Eastern people regarded kings as raised far above common mortals - as approaching to divinity. How consoling, then, the assurance that God would aid them and speak within them!

Poole: Mat 10:19-20 - -- Ver. 19,20. Mark hath much the same, Mar 13:11 ; so hath Luke, Luk 11:11,12 . The apostles being men but of an ordinary education before Christ calle...

Ver. 19,20. Mark hath much the same, Mar 13:11 ; so hath Luke, Luk 11:11,12 . The apostles being men but of an ordinary education before Christ called them, he might reasonably suppose that they would not appear before councils, and kings, and governors without some abashment, having not been accustomed to such presences; he therefore arms them in these words, wherein he doth not prohibit ordinary thoughts, which every man hath before he speaketh, but anxious thoughts beforehand, for, ( saith he),

it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak The Lord seemeth to speak here as he did to Moses, Exo 4:12 , complaining he was slow of speech, and of a slow tongue: Exo 4:11 , Who hath made man’ s mouth? It shall, ( saith Christ), be given you from God.

For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you that is, not you from yourselves only: the Holy Spirit shall influence your thoughts as to the matter, and suggest that to you, and it shall influence your tongues, giving you a freedom of speech. This was verified in Stephen, Act 6:10 , and hath been eminently verified in a multitude of martyrs. We may observe from hence, that the influence of the Spirit is not to be confined to the will and afflictions. It hath also an influence upon our words in the service of God: not that we can conclude, that whatsoever Christians so speak, either in their confessions or other duties, is from such immediate assistance; but there is such an influence, though the Spirit in this, as in other operations, like the wind, bloweth where and when it listeth.

Gill: Mat 10:20 - -- For it is not ye that speak,.... Not but that they were to speak the words, and did; but then both the things they spoke, and the very words in which ...

For it is not ye that speak,.... Not but that they were to speak the words, and did; but then both the things they spoke, and the very words in which they spoke them, were not of themselves, but were suggested and dictated by the Spirit of God; for as "the preparation of the heart" in them, so "the answer of the tongue" by them, were both "from the Lord": the Spirit, he was the efficient cause, they were only instruments; for not they of themselves spoke; or not so much they,

but the Spirit of your father, which speaketh in you, or "by you": what they should say was not to be dictated by their own spirit or natural understanding, nor by an angel, but by the Spirit of God; called the "Spirit of" their "father", because he proceeds from him, is of the same nature with him, and is the reason of his being given to them: and this character of him might serve to strengthen their faith in the expectation of him, and in the assistance promised, and to be had by him; since he was the spirit of him, who stood in the relation of a father to them, and bore a paternal affection for them.

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TSK Synopsis: Mat 10:1-42 - --1 Christ sends out his twelve apostles, enabling them with power to do miracles;5 giving them their charge, teaches them;16 comforts them against pers...

Maclaren: Mat 10:16-31 - --The Widened Mission, Its Perils And Defences Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless...

MHCC: Mat 10:16-42 - --Our Lord warned his disciples to prepare for persecution. They were to avoid all things which gave advantage to their enemies, all meddling with world...

Matthew Henry: Mat 10:16-42 - -- All these verses relate to the sufferings of Christ's ministers in their work, which they are here taught to expect, and prepare for; they are direc...

Barclay: Mat 10:16-22 - --Before we deal with this passage in detail, we may note two things about it in general. When we were studying the Sermon on the Mount, we saw that o...

Barclay: Mat 10:16-22 - --No one can read this passage without being deeply impressed with the honesty of Jesus. He never hesitated to tell men what they might expect, if the...

Barclay: Mat 10:16-22 - --Looking at things from our own point of view, we find it hard to understand why any government should wish to persecute the Christians, whose only a...

Constable: Mat 8:1--11:2 - --III. The manifestation of the King 8:1--11:1 "Matthew has laid the foundational structure for his argument in ch...

Constable: Mat 9:35--11:2 - --B. Declarations of the King's presence 9:35-11:1 The heart of this section contains Jesus' charge to His...

Constable: Mat 10:5-42 - --3. Jesus' charge concerning His apostles' mission 10:5-42 Matthew proceeded to record Jesus' sec...

Constable: Mat 10:16-25 - --The perils of their mission 10:16-25 Jesus proceeded to elaborate on the dangers the apostles would face and how they should deal with them. In His de...

College: Mat 10:1-42 - --MATTHEW 10 F. A CALL TO MISSION (9:35-10:4) (Continued) 10:1. Remarkably, the disciple's prayer for additional workers is answered by Jesus taking a...

Lapide: Mat 10:1-42 - --CHAPTER 10 And when He had called, &c. Observe that Christ, out of all His disciples, chose principally twelve, as S. Luke shows more at length (vi. ...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: Matthew (Book Introduction) THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW By Way of Introduction The passing years do not make it any plainer who actually wrote our Greek Matthew. Papias r...

JFB: Matthew (Book Introduction) THE author of this Gospel was a publican or tax gatherer, residing at Capernaum, on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. As to his identity with t...

JFB: Matthew (Outline) GENEALOGY OF CHRIST. ( = Luke 3:23-38). (Mat. 1:1-17) BIRTH OF CHRIST. (Mat 1:18-25) VISIT OF THE MAGI TO JERUSALEM AND BETHLEHEM. (Mat 2:1-12) THE F...

TSK: Matthew (Book Introduction) Matthew, being one of the twelve apostles, and early called to the apostleship, and from the time of his call a constant attendant on our Saviour, was...

TSK: Matthew 10 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Mat 10:1, Christ sends out his twelve apostles, enabling them with power to do miracles; Mat 10:5, giving them their charge, teaches them...

Poole: Matthew 10 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 10

MHCC: Matthew (Book Introduction) Matthew, surnamed Levi, before his conversion was a publican, or tax-gatherer under the Romans at Capernaum. He is generally allowed to have written h...

MHCC: Matthew 10 (Chapter Introduction) (Mat 10:1-4) The apostles called. (Mat 10:5-15) The apostles instructed and sent forth. (v. 16-42) Directions to the apostles.

Matthew Henry: Matthew (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Gospel According to St. Matthew We have now before us, I. The New Testament of our Lord and Savior...

Matthew Henry: Matthew 10 (Chapter Introduction) This chapter is an ordination sermon, which our Lord Jesus preached, when he advanced his twelve disciples to the degree and dignity of apostles. I...

Barclay: Matthew (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT MATTHEW The Synoptic Gospels Matthew, Mark and Luke are usually known as the Synoptic Gospels. Synopt...

Barclay: Matthew 10 (Chapter Introduction) The Messengers Of The King (Mat_10:1-4) The Making Of The Messengers (Mat_10:1-4 Continued) The Commission Of The King's Messenger (Mat_10:5-8) T...

Constable: Matthew (Book Introduction) Introduction The Synoptic Problem The synoptic problem is intrinsic to all study of th...

Constable: Matthew (Outline) Outline I. The introduction of the King 1:1-4:11 A. The King's genealogy 1:1-17 ...

Constable: Matthew Matthew Bibliography Abbott-Smith, G. A. A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament. Edinburgh: T. & T. Cl...

Haydock: Matthew (Book Introduction) THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW INTRODUCTION. THIS and other titles, with the names of those that wrote the Gospels,...

Gill: Matthew (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO MATTHEW The subject of this book, and indeed of all the writings of the New Testament, is the Gospel. The Greek word ευαγγελ...

College: Matthew (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION HISTORY OF INTERPRETATION It may surprise the modern reader to realize that for the first two centuries of the Christian era, Matthew's...

College: Matthew (Outline) OUTLINE I. ESTABLISHING THE IDENTITY AND ROLE OF JESUS THE CHRIST - Matt 1:1-4:16 A. Genealogy of Jesus - 1:1-17 B. The Annunciation to Joseph...

Lapide: Matthew (Book Introduction) PREFACE. —————— IN presenting to the reader the Second Volume [Matt X to XXI] of this Translation of the great work of Cornelius à Lapi...

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