Matthew 10:19 (WEB)
But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.
Catechism · 1
“To his disciples he speaks openly of the Spirit in connection with prayer and with the witness they will have to bear.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 10:19-20.
Fathers and councils · 23
Catena Aurea on Mark
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Mark
“Or else; according to Matthew, the Lord immediately subjoined, “The workman is worthy of his meat,” [Matt 10:19] which sufficiently proves why He forbade their carrying or possessing such things; not because they were not necessary, but because He sent them in…” — the author cites it
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Cyprian of Carthage
“For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 19, 20.
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Read the whole comment“For whatever, in that moment of confession, the confessor-bishop speaks, he speaks in the mouth of all, by inspiration of God.” — editor's note: [Matt. x. 19. There is something sublime in the martyr’s reliance upon this word of Jesus. See sec. 2, infra, and Elucidation XXII.]
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Read the whole comment“Also in the same place: “But when they shall deliver you up, take no thought what ye shall speak; for it is not ye who speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 19, 20.
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Gregory the Great
“…ye shall speak, for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak; for it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you (Matth. x. 19), I say that Holy Scriptures have been given us in vain, if, being filled with the Spirit, we have no need of external words.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
Chapter XXX.—Of the Section Where It is Recorded, that Being Moved with Compassion for the Multitudes, He Sent His Disciples, Giving Them Power to Work Cures, and Charged Them with Many Instructions, Directing Them…
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John Chrysostom
“Therefore of men He makes them even angels (so to speak); releasing them from all worldly care, so that they should be possessed with one care alone, that of their teaching; or rather even from that He releases them, saying, “Take no thought how or what ye shall speak.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 19. [R.V., “Be not anxious,” etc.]
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Read the whole comment“Since from that first anxiety He freed them, by saying, “The workman is worthy of his hire,”and by signifying that many would receive them; and from their distress about their dangers, by saying, “Take no thought how or what ye shall speak,” and, “He that endureth unto the end, the same shall be saved.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 19, 22.
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Ambrose of Milan
“For you know the passage: “When ye shall stand before kings and rulers, take no thought what ye shall speak, for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak; for it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father Who speaketh in you.”” — editor's note: S. Matt. x. 19, 20.
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Basil the Great
“For there is not even one single gift which reaches creation without the Holy Ghost; when not even a single word can be spoken in defence of Christ except by them that are aided by the Spirit, as we have learnt in the Gospels from our Lord and Saviour.” — editor's note: Matt. x. 19, 20.
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Tertullian
“But when He forbids thinking about what answer to make at a judgment-seat, He is preparing His own servants for what awaited them, He gives the assurance that the Holy Spirit will answer by them; and when He wishes a brother to be…” — editor's note: Matt. x. 19.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
To the foregoing topics of consolation, He adds another not a little one; that they should not say, How shall we be able to persuade such men as these, when they shall persecute us? He bids them be of good courage…
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“How or what,” one refers to the substance, the other to the expression in words. And because both of these would be supplied by Him, there was no need for the holy preachers to be anxious about either.
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When then we are brought before judges for Christ’s sake, we ought to offer only our will for Christ. But Christ who dwelleth in us speaks for Himself, and the grace of the Holy Spirit will minister in our answer.
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For our faith, observing all the precepts of the Divine will, will be instructed with an answer according to knowledge, after the example of Abraham, to whom when he had given up Isaac, there was not wanting a ram…
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Meaning, Ye indeed go out to the battle, but it is I who fight; you utter the words, but it is I who speak. Hence Paul speaks, “Seek ye a proof of Christ who speaketh in me?” [2 Cor 13:3]
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Thus He raises them to the dignity of the Prophets, who have spoken by the Spirit of God. He who says here, “Take no thought what ye shall speak,” [1 Pet 3:15] has said in another place, “Be ye always ready to give…
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Matthew 10:19 and Mark 13:11 share the same wording (22 words).
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