Matthäus 10:20

20 Denn ihr seid es nicht, die da reden, sondern eures Vaters Geist ist es, der durch euch redet.

Matthäus 10:20 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 10:20

For it is not ye that speak
Not but that they were to speak the words, and did; but then both the things they spoke, and the very words in which they spoke them, were not of themselves, but were suggested and dictated by the Spirit of God; for as "the preparation of the heart" in them, so "the answer of the tongue" by them, were both "from the Lord": the Spirit, he was the efficient cause, they were only instruments; for not they of themselves spoke; or not so much they,

but the Spirit of your father, which speaketh in you,
or "by you": what they should say was not to be dictated by their own spirit or natural understanding, nor by an angel, but by the Spirit of God; called the "Spirit of" their "father", because he proceeds from him, is of the same nature with him, and is the reason of his being given to them: and this character of him might serve to strengthen their faith in the expectation of him, and in the assistance promised, and to be had by him; since he was the spirit of him, who stood in the relation of a father to them, and bore a paternal affection for them.

Matthäus 10:20 In-Context

18 Und man wird euch vor Fürsten und Könige führen um meinetwillen, zum Zeugnis über sie und über die Heiden.

19 Wenn sie euch nun überantworten werden, so sorget nicht, wie oder was ihr reden sollt; denn es soll euch zu der Stunde gegeben werden, was ihr reden sollt.

20 Denn ihr seid es nicht, die da reden, sondern eures Vaters Geist ist es, der durch euch redet.

21 Es wird aber ein Bruder den andern zum Tod überantworten und der Vater den Sohn, und die Kinder werden sich empören wider die Eltern und ihnen zum Tode helfen.

22 Und ihr müsset gehaßt werden von jedermann um meines Namens willen. Wer aber bis an das Ende beharrt, der wird selig.