Mark 13:11

God's Word

When they take you away to hand you over to the authorities, don’t worry ahead of time about what you will say. Instead, say whatever is given to you to say when the time comes. Indeed, you are not the one who will be speaking, but the Holy Spirit will.

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:2

“The Spirit of the Lord spoke through me. His words were on my tongue.

Isaiah 50:4

The Almighty Lord will teach me what to say, so I will know how to encourage weary people. Morning after morning he will wake me to listen like a student.

Matthew 10:17

Watch out for people who will hand you over to the Jewish courts and whip you in their synagogues.

Mark 13:12

“Brother will hand over brother to death; a father will hand over his child. Children will rebel against their parents and kill them.

Mark 13:9

“Be on your guard! People will hand you over to the Jewish courts and whip you in their synagogues. You will stand in front of governors and kings to testify to them because of me.

Luke 21:12

“Before all these things happen, people will arrest and persecute you. They will hand you over to their synagogues and put you into their prisons. They will drag you in front of kings and governors because of my name.

John 3:27

John answered, “People can’t receive anything unless it has been given to them from heaven.

Acts 2:4

All the believers were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.

Acts 3:13

The God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed Jesus over to Pilate. You rejected him in Pilate’s presence, even though Pilate had decided to let him go free.

Acts 4:31

When they had finished praying, their meeting place shook. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak God’s word boldly.

Acts 6:10

They couldn’t argue with Stephen because he spoke with the wisdom that the Spirit had given him.

Acts 6:15

Everyone who sat in the council stared at him and saw that his face looked like an angel’s face.

Acts 7:55

But Stephen was full of the Holy Spirit. He looked into heaven, saw God’s glory, and Jesus in the honored position—the one next to God the Father on the heavenly throne.

1 Corinthians 2:13

We don’t speak about these things using teachings that are based on intellectual arguments like people do. Instead, we use the Spirit’s teachings. We explain spiritual things to those who have the Spirit.

Ephesians 3:5

In the past, this mystery was not known by people as it is now. The Spirit has now revealed it to his holy apostles and prophets.

James 1:5

If any of you needs wisdom to know what you should do, you should ask God, and he will give it to you. God is generous to everyone and doesn’t find fault with them.

1 Peter 1:12

God revealed to the prophets that the things they had spoken were not for their own benefit but for yours. What the prophets had spoken, the Holy Spirit, who was sent from heaven, has now made known to you by those who spread the Good News among you. These are things that even the angels want to look into.