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Mark 13:11
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9 “But awatch out for yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils, and you will be beaten in the synagogues. You will1 be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, for a testimony to them.  
10 And athe gospel must first be preached to all the nations.  
11 aBut when they arrest you and deliver you up, do not worry beforehand,1 or premeditate what you will speak. But whatever is given you in that hour, speak that; for it is not you who speak, bbut the Holy Spirit.  
12 Now abrother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.  
13 aAnd you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But bhe who endures to the end shall be saved.  

The Great Tribulation

14 a“So when you see the b‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not” (let the reader understand), “then clet those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.  
15 Let him who is on the housetop not go down into the house, nor enter to take anything out of his house.
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Mark 13:11

Be not anxious beforehand what ye shall speak (mh promerimnate ti lalhshte). Negative with present imperative to make a general prohibition or habit. Jesus is not here referring to preaching, but to defences made before these councils and governors. A typical example is seen in the courage and skill of Peter and John before the Sanhedrin in Acts. The verb merimnaw is from merizw (meriv), to be drawn in opposite directions, to be distracted. See on Matthew 6:25. They are not to be stricken with fright beforehand, but to face fearlessly those in high places who are seeking to overthrow the preaching of the gospel. There is no excuse here for the lazy preacher who fails to prepare his sermon out of the mistaken reliance upon the Holy Spirit. They will need and will receive the special help of the Holy Spirit (cf. John 14:16).




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Mark 13:11:

Luke 12:11
Luke 21:14

 

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