Luke 21:14

14 "Make up your minds, however, not to prepare a defence beforehand,

Luke 21:14 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 21:14

Settle it therefore in your hearts
Resolve on this in your minds, and let it be a rule never to be departed from: not to meditate before what you shall answer;
not to sit down, and study a form of words, and scheme of things, what to reply to the ensnaring questions, that may be thought would be asked, by kings and rulers, or any of the judges before whom they should be brought; it being natural for persons, especially of a low life, to be timorous and fearful, to appear before such great personages, and to be thoughtful and solicitous what to say to any question that may be asked them; (See Gill on Matthew 10:19).

Luke 21:14 In-Context

12 "But before all these things happen they will lay hands on you and persecute you. They will deliver you up to synagogues and to prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my sake.

13 In the end all this will be evidence of your fidelity.

14 "Make up your minds, however, not to prepare a defence beforehand,

15 for I will give you utterance and wisdom which none of your opponents will be able to withstand or reply to.

16 You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, friends; and some of you they will put to death.