Marcos 13:11

11 Cuando los arresten y los sometan a juicio, no se preocupen de antemano por lo que van a decir. Solo hablen lo que Dios les diga en ese momento, porque no serán ustedes los que hablen, sino el Espíritu Santo.

Marcos 13:11 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 13:11

But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up
Lead to councils and courts of judicature, and deliver up to kings and rulers, to the civil magistrate, to be punished by the secular arm:

take no thought before hand;
be not previously anxious, and carefully solicitous, in a distressing way:

what ye shall speak:
to kings and rulers, by way of apology for yourselves, and your own innocence, and in defence of the Gospel:

neither do ye premeditate;
or "meditate", as the generality of copies read: Beza says in one copy it is read, "premeditate": and so in one of Stephens's, as we render it: this clause is omitted in the Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions:

but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour;
whatever shall be immediately suggested to your thoughts, be put into your minds, and laid upon your hearts:

that speak ye;
freely and boldly without the fear of men:

for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost:
not but that they did speak, but they were not the principal authors, either of the matter they spoke, or of the words and language in which they spoke; they were only the instruments of the Holy Ghost; they spoke as they were moved by him: hence their wisdom and eloquence in their self-defence, were amazing, and their arguments strong and unanswerable; (See Gill on Matthew 10:19), (See Gill on Matthew 10:20),

Marcos 13:11 In-Context

9 »Cuando esas cosas comiencen a suceder, ¡tengan cuidado! Los entregarán a los tribunales y los golpearán en las sinagogas. Serán sometidos a juicio ante gobernantes y reyes por ser mis seguidores, pero esa será una oportunidad para que ustedes les hablen de mí.

10 Pues la Buena Noticia primero tiene que ser predicada a todas las naciones.

11 Cuando los arresten y los sometan a juicio, no se preocupen de antemano por lo que van a decir. Solo hablen lo que Dios les diga en ese momento, porque no serán ustedes los que hablen, sino el Espíritu Santo.

12 »Un hermano traicionará a muerte a su hermano, un padre traicionará a su propio hijo, y los hijos se rebelarán contra sus padres y harán que los maten.

13 Todos los odiarán a ustedes por ser mis seguidores,
pero el que se mantenga firme hasta el fin será salvo.