Luke 21:15

15 For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

Luke 21:15 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
English Standard Version (ESV)
15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.
New Living Translation (NLT)
15 for I will give you the right words and such wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to reply or refute you!
The Message Bible (MSG)
15 I'll give you the words and wisdom that will reduce all your accusers to stammers and stutters.
American Standard Version (ASV)
15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to withstand or to gainsay.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
15 I will give you words and wisdom that none of your enemies will be able to oppose or prove wrong.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
15 for I will give you such words and a wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
15 I will give you words of wisdom. None of your enemies will be able to withstand them or oppose them.

Luke 21:15 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 21:15

For I will give you a mouth
A faculty of speaking, a freedom of expression, a door of utterance, a good degree of elocution, to speak properly, pertinently and freely to any point: and wisdom;
to answer with great propriety, and in the most prudent manner, to any difficult and ensnaring question; and to furnish with such knowledge of the Gospel, and with such gifts and abilities to preach and defend it, that they should be able to give a clear and distinct account of it, and prove every point in it, by the most strong and convincing arguments, and vindicate it against all objections: which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay or resist.
This was remarkably fulfilled in Peter, and John, and in Stephen, ( Acts 4:13 Acts 4:14 ) ( 6:10 ) . The first word, "gainsay", is left out in the Syriac and Persic versions.

Luke 21:15 In-Context

13 And so you will bear testimony to me.
14 But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves.
15 For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
16 You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death.
17 Everyone will hate you because of me.

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