Luke 21:13
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.
And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:
15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- This will be your opportunity to serve as witnesses.
- KJV
- And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
- WEB
- It will turn out as a testimony for you.
- ASV
- It shall turn out unto you for a testimony.
- DARBY
- but it shall turn out to you for a testimony.
- BLB
- It will result to you⁺ for a testimony.
- ÅB
- det skal falle ut til godt vitnesbyrd for dere.
- OTB
- Dette skal føre til en anledning for dere til å vitne.
- B1930
- det skal falle ut til godt vidnesbyrd for eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Philippians 1:28
And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
Read in contextPhilippians 1:12
But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
Read in context2 Thessalonians 1:5
Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
Read in context1 Thessalonians 3:3–4
That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
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