Matthew 10:19

Matthew 10:19. But. Here the simplicity of the dove is to be exercised.

Be not anxious, i.e., do not be unduly concerned; comp. chap. Matthew 6:34.

How or what, neither about the form nor the substance.

For it shall be given you. A promise of special inspiration for particular emergencies, in that hour; hence not an encouragement to laziness regarding pulpit preparation. ‘How' comes first; studied eloquence checks the natural utterances of the heart, which are always the best defence: ‘when the orator wholly disappears, the True Orator will appear.' The promise is: what ye shall speak shall be given.