Therefore be resolved ¹  not to rehearse ²  ahead of time how to make your defense.

biblegateway Luk 21:14

"So make up your minds not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves;

Therefore make up your minds not to prepare your defense ahead of time,

_Therefore make up your minds_ not to prepare in advance to speak in your own defense,

biblegateway Luk 21:14

But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves.

Settle it therefore in your minds not to meditate beforehand how to answer,

bibleoremus Luk 21:14

So make up your minds not to prepare your defense in advance;

So resolve not to prepare your defence beforehand,

biblegateway Luk 21:14

"Therefore settle it in your hearts not to meditate beforehand on what you will answer;

Settle [it] therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:

biblegateway Luk 21:14

Therefore be resolved ¹  not to rehearse ²  ahead of time how to make your defense.

¹ tn Grk “determine in your hearts.”

² tn This term could refer to rehearsing a speech or a dance. On its syntax, see BDF §392.2.