Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
What ye ought to say (a dei eipein). Literally, what things it is necessary (dei) to say. This is no excuse for neglect in pulpit preparation. It is simply a word for courage in a crisis to play the man for Christ and to trust the issue with God without fear.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 12:12:
Luke 10:21
Luke 12:1
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