King James Version
Matthew 10:19 in the King James Version says “But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour wh...” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.”
Matthew 10:19 · KJV
But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“when”
G3752whenever (implying hypothesis or more or less uncertainty); also causatively (conjunctionally) inasmuch as
“no”
G3361(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas g3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
“how”
G4459an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!
“it shall be given”
G1325to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection)
“for”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“that same”
G1565that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed
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