Acts 20:27
What meaning of the acts 20:27 in the Bible?
What does Acts 20:27 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God."
What does Acts 20:27 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God."
Verse Acts 20:27. _I HAVE NOT SHUNNED TO DECLARE_] ου υπεστιλαμην, _I have_ _not suppressed_ or _concealed_ any thing, through _fear_ or _favour,_ that might be beneficial to your souls. This is prope...
FOR - This verse contains a reason for what had been said in the previous verse. It shows why Paul regarded himself as innocent if they should be lost. I HAVE NOT SHUNNED - I have not kept back; I ha...
CHAPTER 20 __ 1. Paul in Macedonia (Acts 20:1). 2. His abode in Greece, the visit to Troas and what transpired there (Acts 20:3). 3. The journey from Troas to Miletus (Acts 20:13). 4. The farewel...
PAUL'S SPEECH TO THE ELDERS OF EPHESUS AT MILETUS. See Ramsay, art. Miletus in HDB, as to the difficulties of the journey at that period from Miletus to Ephesus; one had to sail to Priene and make fro...
SETTING OUT FOR JERUSALEM (Acts 20:1-6)...
HAVE... SHUNNED. shunned or shrunk. Greek. _hupostello._ Same as "kept back", Acts 20:20. TO. Literally not (Greek. _me)_ TO. declare. Greek. _anangello._ See note on Acts 14:27. Same as "shew", Act...
_For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God_ The _Rev. Ver._as in Acts 20:20, "_For I shrank not from declaring unto you the whole_, &c." The "counsel of God" means the whole pl...
PAUL SENDS FOR THE ELDERS FROM EPHESUS, GIVES THEM HIS PARTING CHARGE, AND LEAVES MILETUS...
_PAUL VISITED WITH THE ELDERS FROM EPHESUS ACTS 20:17-38:_ Paul called for the Elders from the church at Ephesus to meet with him at Miletus. He reminded them that he had never tried to obtain the app...
ΎΠΕΣΤΕΙΛΆΜΗΝ _aor. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Acts 20:20. ΆΝΑΓΓΕΪ́ΛΑΙ _aor. act. inf., см._ Acts 20:20....
DISCOURSE: 1800 MINISTERIAL FIDELITY Acts 20:26. _I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God_. NO one c...
I HAVE NOT SHUNNED TO DECLARE UNTO YOU— The proper import of the word υποστελλω, here rendered _shun,_ in such a connection, is to disguise any important truth, or, at least, to decline the open publi...
IN MILETUS. Acts 20:16-38. a. Past Ephesus to Miletus. Acts 20:16-17. Acts 20:16 For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, i...
See notes on verse 22...
For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. FOR I HAVE NOT SHUNNED TO DECLARE UNTO YOU ALL THE COUNSEL (OR 'PURPOSE') OF GOD - God's gracious design of saving souls by His S...
21 Repentance had its place in Paul's preaching while he was proclaiming the kingdom. It was associated with pardon. Henceforth he no longer preaches these, but justification and conciliation by faith...
THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONTINUED) 1-6. Paul in Macedonia and Greece. St. Paul waited at Ephesus until the return of Timothy and Erastus, and left Ephesus shortly after Pentecost, 55 a.d. (1 Corint...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 20 PAUL TRAVELS THROUGH MACEDONIA AND GREECE, 20:1-6 V1 After the *riot, Paul sent for the *believers and he encouraged them. Then he said good...
I HAVE NOT SHUNNED TO DECLARE UNTO YOU ALL THE COUNSEL OF GOD. — The words point to a greater degree of receptivity for Divine truth than had been found elsewhere. So in the Epistle to the Ephesians,...
ὑπεστ., see above on Acts 20:20. τὴν β. τοῦ Θεοῦ, see on Acts 2:23, and _cf._ especially Ephesians 1:11 for the phrase, and Acts 3:4 for the thought. No Epistle excels that to the Ephesians in the ric...
A PARTING MESSAGE Acts 20:13 The vessel had to stop at Miletus and Paul sent word to the Ephesian elders, urging them to come and see him. He spent the day in their company, and before parting delive...
Restful and mastered by Christ, Paul was yet restless and resistless in devotion to the enterprise of his Lord. These facts are evident throughout this chapter. We follow him in rapid movements, alway...
Meeting with the Elders from Ephesus The rest of the apostle's company travelled by ship to Assos, while he went on foot. He joined them in the ship at Assos and went on with them to Mitylene, then by...
(8) For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. (8) The doctrine of the apostles is most perfect and absolute....
MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITY 26, 27. Paul here certifies that he is _“pure from the blood of all men,”_ and gives as a reason because he did not _“shun to declare to them all the counsel of God.”_ Henc...
And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. (18) And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I...
We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
But let us return to the history of Paul. After the uproar has ceased he sends for the disciples, embraces them, and departs for Macedonia; he visits that whole country, and comes into Greece. The beg...
FOR I HAVE NOT SHUNNED TO DECLARE UNTO YOU ALL THE COUNSEL OF GOD. By which is meant, not the purposes and decrees of God, latent in his own breast, these the apostle could not declare; but his reveal...
For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. Ver. 27. _All the counsel of God_] _sc._ that concerneth you to know, to your eternal salvation by Christ alone. See Luke 7:30, _See...
_I know that ye all_ Though you may have letters from me; _shall see my face no more_ He wisely observes this, that what follows might make the deeper impression. It is probable the apostle had receiv...
Paul warned of coming affliction:...
Finally Paul follows Timothy and Erastus to Macedonia, leaving a field of labor that had been most fruitful. How long he spent in Philippi, Thessalonica and Berea we are not told, but he gave them muc...
FOR I HAVE NOT SHUNNED TO DECLARE TO YOU THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD. 1. Paul had taught them all that they needed to equip them for life and godliness. (Ephesians 1:3) 2. Paul taught them the whole co...
"For. shrank not from declaring unto you the whole counsel of God"For": The reason why he was not responsible for those who ended up lost. "I shrank not": To withhold, to cower, to conceal, shun or dr...
17-27 The elders knew that Paul was no designing, self-seeking man. Those who would in any office serve the Lord acceptably, and profitably to others, must do it with humility. He was a plain preache...
God's decree, to save all that believe in Christ; or the whole doctrine of Christianity, as it directs to a holy life; whatsoever God requires of any one in order to a blessed eternity. This is that w...
Acts 20:27 For G1063 have G5288 not G3756 G3361 shunned G5288 (G5668) declare G312 (G5658) you G5213 whole G3956 counsel G1012 God G2316 I have - Acts 20:20, Acts 20:35, Acts 26:22-23;...
PAUL'S ADDRESS TO THE ELDERS OF THE EPHESIAN CHURCH (20:17-38)....
_St. Paul's Farewell Address to the Elders of the Church at Ephesus,_ 18-38. In this short epitome of the discourse of the apostle on the occasion of his bidding farewell to his old Ephesian friends a...
Paul here repeats the very words and idioms used in verse Acts 20:20, adding "the whole counsel of God" (πασαν την βουλην του θεου). All the counsel of God that concerned Paul's work and nothing incon...
CONTENTS: Paul goes to Macedonia and Greece. His visits at Troas, Miletus. Paul's conference with the Ephesian elders. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Paul, Sopater, Aristarchus, Secundus, Gaius, Tim...
Acts 20:4. _There accompanied him Sopater of Berea,_ the son of Pyrrhus, according to the Vulgate. He is called by Paul, Sosipater. Romans 16:21. _Aristarchus,_ who accompanied him to Rome, and _Secun...
ASKING THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH TO MEET HIM. We are not told about them before this, but it was Paul's custom to appoint elders in each church (Acts 14:23). Elders [church leaders] are also called she...
_And now … ye … shall see my face no more._ Wherefore I take you to record this day that I am pure from the blood of all men. MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITY I. As deeply felt. Paul always felt it, but...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 20:17 Paul’s Miletus address is the only example in Acts 1:1 of a major speech to Christians. Of all Paul’s speeches in Acts 1:1, it has the most in common with his letters, which we...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 20:17. MILETUS.—Thirty-six miles south of Ephesus, and on the south-west of the Latmian Gulf. “Now a desolation: then an emporium of trade with four ports or docks crowded wit...
EXPOSITION ACTS 20:1 _Having sent for_ …_ and exhorted _for _called unto him, _A.V. and T.R.; _took leave of them, and departed _for _and embraced them, and departed, _A.V. DEPARTED FOR TO GO INTO MA...
Last week we left Paul in Ephesus, in the midst of a near riot in town, as Demetrius the silversmith got together his companions in trade and pointed out how the preaching of Paul was about to put the...
1 Corinthians 11:23; 1 Thessalonians 2:4; 2 Corinthians 4:2; Acts 2:23; Acts 20:20; Acts 20:35; Acts 26:22; Acts 26:23; Ephesians 1:11;...
Shunned. The same word as in verse 20 kept back....
For I have not shunned — Otherwise if any had perished, their blood would have been on his head....