^12:11But when they bring you before the synagogues,²⁶ the²⁷ rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense²⁸ or what you should say,

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Footnotes

26 The saying looks at persecution both from a Jewish context as the mention of synagogues suggests, and from a Gentile one as the reference to the rulers and the authorities suggests. See the note on synagogues in .
27 Grk “and the,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
28 Grk “about how or what you should say in your defense,” but this is redundant with the following clause, “or what you should say.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Whenever they bring you before synagogues and rulers and authorities, don’t worry about how you should defend yourselves or what you should say.

NLTNew Living Translation

“And when you are brought to trial in the synagogues and before rulers and authorities, don’t worry about how to defend yourself or what to say,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious how or what you should speak in your own defense or what you should say,

KJV 1900King James Version

And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:

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