ἐγὼ γάρ. This is emphatic. “I—who will then be exalted and glorified—will supply you with spiritual power.”

δώσω ὑμῖν στόμα. As in Exodus 4:11-12; Jeremiah 1:9; Isaiah 6:6. God, as Milton says, ‘sendeth forth His cherubim with the hallowed fire of His altar to touch the lips of whom He will.’ στόμα, mouth, is the concrete picture for the abstract speech.

οὐ δυνήσονται … ἀντειπεῖν. See Acts 4:14; Acts 6:10. They will not be able to gainsay your speech, nor to resist your wisdom.

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