Lukas 12:10-12

12:10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit ¹  will not be forgiven. ²  12:11 But when they bring you before the synagogues, ³  the ⁴  rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense ⁵  or what you should say, 12:12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment ⁶  what you must say.” ⁷ 

[12:10]  ¹ sn Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit probably refers to a total rejection of the testimony that the Spirit gives to Jesus and the plan of God. This is not so much a sin of the moment as of one’s entire life, an obstinate rejection of God’s message and testimony. Cf. Matt 12:31-32 and Mark 3:28-30.

[12:10]  ² tn Grk “it will not be forgiven the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit.”

[12:11]  ³ sn 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.

[12:11]  sn See the note on synagogues in 4:15.

[12:11]  ⁴ tn 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.

[12:11]  ⁵ tn Grk “about how or what you should say in your defense,” but this is redundant with the following clause, “or what you should say.”

[12:12]  ⁶ tn Grk “in that very hour” (an idiom).

[12:12]  ⁷ tn Grk “what it is necessary to say.”