Confessing Christ
Luke 12:11
In 9 translations
- BSB
- When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.
- KJV
- And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:
- WEB
- When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don’t be anxious how or what you will answer or what you will say;
- ASV
- And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:
- LSV
- And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, do not be anxious how or what you may reply, or what you may say,
- YLT
- 'And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye may reply, or what ye may say,
- DBY
- But when they bring you before the synagogues and rulers and the authorities, be not careful how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say;
- DRC
- And when they shall bring you into the synagogues, and to magistrates and powers, be not solicitous how or what you shall answer, or what you shall say;
- GNV
- And when they shall bring you vnto the Synagogues, and vnto the rulers and Princes, take no thought howe, or what thing ye shall answere, or what yee shall speake.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read εἰσφέρωσιν (“they may bring in”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read προσφέρωσιν (“they may bring to”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read μεριμνήσητε (“may be anxious”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read μεριμνᾶτε (“do be anxious about”).
SBLGNT apparatus (3)
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- SBLGNT: εἰσφέρωσιν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read εἰσφέρωσιν; Robinson–Pierpont read προσφέρωσιν.
- SBLGNT: μεριμνήσητε. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read μεριμνήσητε; Robinson–Pierpont read μεριμνᾶτε.
- SBLGNT: ἢ τί. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἢ τί; the Greek text behind the NIV omit this wording.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ὅταν δὲ εἰσφέρωσιν ὑμᾶς ἐπὶ τὰς συναγωγὰς καὶ τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς ἐξουσίας, μὴ μεριμνήσητε πῶς ἢ τί ἀπολογήσησθε ἢ τί εἴπητε·
- RP2018
- Ὅταν δὲ προσφέρωσιν ὑμᾶς ἐπὶ τὰς συναγωγὰς καὶ τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς ἐξουσίας, μὴ μεριμνᾶτε πῶς ἢ τί ἀπολογήσησθε, ἢ τί εἴπητε·
- TR-Boyd
- Ὅταν δὲ προσφέρωσιν ὑμᾶς ἐπὶ τὰς συναγωγὰς καὶ τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς ἐξουσίας, μὴ μεριμνᾶτε πῶς ἢ τί ἀπολογήσησθε, ἢ τί εἴπητε·
- SCR1894
- οταν δε προσφερωσιν υμας επι τας συναγωγας και τας αρχας και τας εξουσιας μη μεριμνατε πως η τι απολογησησθε η τι ειπητε
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Cross-references most cited first
- Matthew 10:17–20But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues. On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. But when they…
- Acts 4:5–7The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem, along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family. They had Peter and John brought in and…
- Luke 21:12–14But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors. This will be your opportunity…
- Luke 12:22Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.
- Mark 13:9–11So be on your guard. You will be delivered over to the councils and beaten in the synagogues. On My account you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them. And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all…
- Matthew 23:34Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.
- Acts 6:9–15But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They began to argue with Stephen, but they could not stand up…
- Acts 5:27–32They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them. “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching…
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