Neville Goddard on Luke 21:12-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 21 in context

Scripture Focus

12But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.

13And it shall turn to you for a testimony.

Luke 21:12-13

Biblical Context

Luke 21:12–13 describes how followers will face persecution, and how those trials can become a testimony of their allegiance to Jesus.

Neville's Inner Vision

From the Neville lens, Luke 21:12–13 is not a warning of external doom but a map of inner state under pressure. The ‘they’ who lay hands on you are not merely external opponents; they are projections of your current beliefs testing your consciousness. When you recognize the I AM—the living awareness behind all circumstance—the outer drama reveals the quality of your inner state. The statement that it will turn to you for a testimony means the pressure of events will mirror back the truth you are imagining and feeling as real. Endurance becomes not mere survival but a refining of consciousness, a steadfast maintenance of your chosen state in the face of apparent trial. Your world tests your assumption; your job is to keep the assumption intact until it hardens into fact. See persecution as a sacred instrument that exposes your inner sovereignty and proof of the reality you have already decided within. The invitation is to live as the I AM now, letting the world testify to that truth through every circumstance.

Practice This Now

Assume you are already calm and unshaken; revise the scene by imagining the crowd and authorities as mirrors of your I AM, and feel that certainty as present reality.