Acts 20:34
What meaning of the acts 20:34 in the Bible?
What does Acts 20:34 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me."
What does Acts 20:34 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me."
Verse 34. _THESE HANDS HAVE MINISTERED_, c.] It was neither "_sin_ nor _discredit_" for the apostle to work to maintain himself, when the circumstances of the Church were such that it could not suppor...
YEA, YE YOURSELVES KNOW - By your own acquaintance with my manner of life. In Corinth he had lived and labored with Apollos (note, Acts 18:3); and he refers elsewhere to the fact that he had supported...
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)...
KNOW. Greek. _ginosko._ App-132. HAVE MINISTERED. ministered. Greek. _hupereteo._ App-190. See note on Acts 13:36. NECESSITIES. needs. Compare Acts 2:45....
_Yea, ye yourselves know_ The oldest texts omit "Yea." The working in company with Aquila and Priscilla, which the Apostle began in Corinth, was probably continued when they came together to Ephesus,...
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...
ΑΥΤΟΊ (G846) _пот. pl._ вы сами. Усилительное _pers. pron._ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΕΤΕ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1097) знать, ΟΎΣΙΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΕΊΜΊ (G1510) быть. Part, в роли _subst._, "те, кто со...
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 28...
Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands - DOUBTLESS, HOLDING THEM UP BEFORE THEM, AS HE...
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...
THESE HANDS HAVE MINISTERED UNTO MY NECESSITIES. — The words clearly cover the whole three years of the Apostle’s ministry at Ephesus. The partnership with Aquila and Priscilla (Acts 18:3) continued....
αὐτοὶ : placed first for emphasis, so too emphasised in Acts 2:22; Acts 16:37; Acts 18:15. In 1 Corinthians 4:12 we may see an undesigned coincidence, and _cf._ the word κοπιῶντας in Acts 20:35, Paley...
COMMENDED TO GOD Acts 20:28 Notice the change of the Revised Version in Acts 20:28. The elder, whether presbyter or bishop, is not put _over_ the flock; he is _in_ it like the rest, needing redempti...
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...
Paul's Charge to the Ephesian Elders Because he did not anticipate seeing them again, the apostle charged those elders, who had been selected on the basis of the qualifications listed by the Holy Spi...
_These hands have furnished, by labouring to maintain myself, &c. (Witham)_...
Here Paul protests to the Ephesian elders his felicitous salvation from paltry pelf, asseverating that he had toiled with his hands making tents, not only for his own temporal support, but that of his...
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...
− 34._Yea, ye know _He doth not, in these words, precisely set down a law which all the ministers of the word must needs keep; for he did not behave himself so loftily and lordlike, that he did take t...
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...
YEA, YOU YOURSELVES KNOW,.... So far was the apostle from desiring to have other men's money, or to wear their apparel, or to eat their bread, that he could appeal to these elders for the truth of it,...
Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. Ver. 34. _These hands have ministered_] More shame for them to suffer it. _Sed rara ingen...
_I have coveted no man's silver_, &c. Here the apostle begins another branch of his farewell discourse, in terms like those of old Samuel, taking his leave of the children of Israel, 1 Samuel 12:8. As...
MINISTERED UNTO MY NECESSITIES; wrought for the supply of my wants....
Paul's words of farewell:...
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...
YES, YOU YOURSELVES KNOW THAT THESE HANDS HAVE PROVIDED FOR MY NECESSITIES, AND FOR THOSE WHO WERE WITH ME. 1. The elders at Ephesus are aware that Paul often worked (making tents and perhaps other t...
"Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me"These hands ministered unto necessities": Indicating that while Paul was in Ephesus he supported hims...
28-38 If the Holy Ghost has made ministers overseers of the flock, that is, shepherds, they must be true to their trust. Let them consider their Master's concern for the flock committed to their char...
St. Paul working hard (as they all knew) for a livelihood, ACTS 18:3 1 CORINTHIANS 4:12 1 THESSALONIANS 2:9; which he gives an account of, 2 THESSALONIANS 3:8, to have been done only that in such a ju...
Acts 20:34 Yes G1161 yourselves G846 know G1097 (G5719) that G3754 these G3778 hands G5495 provided G5256 (G5656) my G3450 necessities G5532 and G2532 were G5607 (G5752) with G3326 me G1700 that thes...
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...
YE YOURSELVES (αυτο). Intensive pronoun. Certainly they knew that the church in Ephesus had not supported Paul while there.THESE HANDS (α χειρες αυτα). Paul was not above manual labour. He pointe...
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...
AND NOW I PLACE YOU IN THE CARE OF GOD. He places a solemn obligation upon them. Compare James 1:21; Hebrews 4:12. FOR ALL HIS PEOPLE. See 1 Corinthians 1:2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11. I HAVE NOT COVETED....
_I have coveted no man’s silver._ HONEST LABOUR “Two men,” says Carlyle,” I honour, and no third. First, the toil-worn craftsman, that with earth-made implement laboriously conquers the Earth and mak...
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 4:12; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:8; 2 Thessalonians 3:9; Acts 18:3...
These hands — Callous, as you see, with labour. Who is he that envies such a bishop or archbishop as this?...