Luke 12:11

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Luke 12:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible

9 But whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

11 When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.

12 For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”

13 Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

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Luke 21:12

But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.

Luke 21:13

This will be your opportunity to serve as witnesses.

Luke 21:14

So make up your mind not to worry beforehand how to defend yourselves.

Matthew 10:17

But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.

Matthew 10:18

On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

Matthew 10:19

But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.

Matthew 10:20

For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Matthew 23:34

Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.

Mark 13:9

So be on your guard. You will be delivered over to the councils and beaten in the synagogues. On My account you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.

Mark 13:10

And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the nations.

Mark 13:11

But when they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand what to say. Instead, speak whatever you are given at that time, for it will not be you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

Acts 4:5

The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,

Acts 4:6

along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.

Acts 4:7

They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”

Acts 5:27

They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.

Acts 5:28

“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

Acts 5:30

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.

Acts 5:31

God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.

Acts 5:32

We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

Acts 6:9

But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They began to argue with Stephen,

Acts 6:10

but they could not stand up to his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke.

Acts 6:11

Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”

Acts 6:12

So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin,

Acts 6:13

where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

Acts 6:14

For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”

Acts 6:15

All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.