Matthew 10:20

For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

For it is not ye that speak, but the spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. How remarkably this has been verified, the whole history of persecution thrillingly proclaims-from the Acts of the Apostles to the latest martyrology.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Counsel against anxiety:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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²⁰ For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 10:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

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