Matteo 10:20

20 Poiché non siete voi che parlate, ma è lo Spirito del Padre vostro che parla in voi.

Matteo 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.

Matteo 10:20 In-Context

18 e sarete menati davanti a governatori e re per cagion mia, per servir di testimonianza dinanzi a loro ed ai Gentili.

19 Ma quando vi metteranno nelle loro mani, non siate in ansietà del come parlerete o di quel che avrete a dire; perché in quell’ora stessa vi sarà dato ciò che avrete a dire.

20 Poiché non siete voi che parlate, ma è lo Spirito del Padre vostro che parla in voi.

21 Or il fratello darà il fratello a morte, e il padre il figliuolo; e i figliuoli si leveranno contro i genitori e li faranno morire.

22 E sarete odiati da tutti a cagion del mio nome; ma chi avrà perseverato sino alla fine sarà salvato.