Luke 12:11-12

12:11 But when they bring you before the synagogues, ¹  the ²  rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense ³  or what you should say, 12:12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment ⁴  what you must say.” ⁵ 

¹ sn The saying looks at persecution both from a Jewish context as the mention of synagogues suggests, and from a Gentile one as the reference to the rulers and the authorities suggests.

² tn Grk “and the,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

³ tn Grk “about how or what you should say in your defense,” but this is redundant with the following clause, “or what you should say.”

⁴ tn Grk “in that very hour” (an idiom).

⁵ tn Grk “what it is necessary to say.”