Acts 20:38

Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship. SORROWING MOST OF ALL FOR THE WORDS WHICH HE SPAKE, THAT THEY SHOULD SEE HIS FACE NO MORE. AND THEY ACCOMPANIED HIM UNTO THE SHIP. NOTHING CAN BE MORE TOUCHING THAN THESE THREE CONCLUDING VERSES, LEAVING AN INDELIBLE IMPRESSION OF RARE MINISTERIAL FIDELITY AND AFFECTION ON THE APOSTLE'S PART, AND OF WARM ADMIRATION AND ATTACHMENT ON THE PART OF THESE EPHESIAN PRESBYTERS. WOULD TO GOD THAT SUCH SCENES WERE MORE FREQUENT IN THE CHURCH! Remarks: (1) We have had occasion before to remark in the great apostle a combination of qualities rarely found in the same person, but where found in any strength constituting a principal element of true greatness. In this address, for example, what a breadth of view, combined with the minutest attention to the ordinary inte...

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 charge. It is the church He has purchased with his own blood. The blood was his as Man; yet so close is the union between the Divine and human nature, that it is there called the blood of God, for it was the blood of Him who is God. This put such dignity and worth into it, as to ransom believers from all evil, and purchase all good. Paul spake about their souls with affection and concern. They were full of care what would become of them. Paul directs them to look up to God with faith, and commends them to the word of God's grace, not only as the foundation of their hope and the fountain of their joy, but as the rule of their walking. The most advanced Christians are capable of growing, and will...

Verse Acts 20:38. _THAT THEY SHOULD SEE HIS FACE NO MORE_] This was a most solemn meeting, and a most affecting parting. The man who had first pointed out to them the Lord Jesus Christ, by whom they had been brought into so glorious a state of salvation, is now going away, in all likelihood, to be seen no more till the day in which the quick and dead shall stand before the throne of judgment. Such a scene, and its correspondent feelings, are more easily imagined than described. 1. As the disciples are stated to have come together on _the_ _first day of the week_, we may learn from this that, ever since the apostolic times, the _Lord's day_, now the _Christian Sabbath_, was set apart for _religious exercises_; such as the _preaching of God's_ _holy word_, and celebrating the _sacrament of the Lord's Supper_. Besides its being the d

SORROWING MOST OF ALL ... - This was a most tender and affectionate parting scene. It can be more easily imagined than described. We may learn from it: (1) That the parting of ministers and people is a most solemn event, and should be one of much tenderness and affection. (2) The effect of true religion is to make the heart more tender; to make friendship more affectionate and sacred; and to unite more closely the bonds of love. (3) Ministers of the gospel should be prepared to leave their people with the same consciousness of fidelity and the same kindness and love which Paul evinced. They should live such lives as to be able to look back upon their whole ministry as pure and disinterested, and as having been employed in guarding the flock, and in making known to them the whole counsel of God. So parting, they may separate in peace; and

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 MACEDONIA. This was St. Paul's purpose, as he had written to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 16:5) from Ephesus. He judged it wise, not only with a view to his own safety and that of his companions, but also for the rest and quiet of the Ephesian Church, to take advantage of the lull in the popular storm, and withdraw into quiet waters before any fresh outbreak occurred. Aquila and Priscilla seem to have left Ephesus about the same time, or soon after, since the Epistle to the Romans found them again at Rome ...

SORROWING MOST OF ALL FOR THE WORDS WHICH HE SPAKE,.... In Acts 20:25 it filled them with sorrow to part with him; but this was increased, and made almost intolerable by what he said, THAT THEY SHOULD SEE HIS FACE NO MORE: could they have hoped to have seen him again, it would have made their parting with him more easy; but to be told they should never see him more in this world, it cut them to the heart; which shows what a share the apostle had in their hearts and affections, and not without good reason: however, that they might have a sight of him as long as they could, they went along with him to see him take shipping, and to see the last of him. AND THEY ACCOMPANIED HIM UNTO THE SHIP: which lay at Miletus waiting for him....

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 farewell to the Ephesian Elders (Acts 20:17). The record before us is very brief. Some have thought the reason is the fact that the Apostle had turned aside from His given ministry, and therefore the Holy Spirit had nothing to report. We believe that this is correct. The object of the Spirit of God is now to lead us rapidly forward to the last visit of the Apostle to Jerusalem, therefore much is passed over in the untiring s

SETTING OUT FOR JERUSALEM (Acts 20:1-6)...

SORROWING. Greek. _odunomai._ Only here, Luke 2:48; Luke 16:24; Luke 16:25. FOR. upon. Greek. _epi._ App-104. THE WORDS. the word. Greek. _logos._ App-121. SHOULD. were about to. SEE. behold. Greek. _theoreo._ App-133. ACCOMPANIED. Greek. _propempo._ See note on Acts 15:3. Compare App-174....

_sorrowing … the words which he spake_ More literally "the word which he had spoken" (_Rev. Ver._). _that they should see_, &c. The word in the original is not that which the Apostle uses in Acts 20:25, when he says he shall not come again. So the _Rev. Ver._has well given " BEHOLD." The Greek expresses the earnest reverent gaze, with which we can fancy those who knew the Apostle and his work would look upon him. His presence filled not only the eye, but the mind, they contemplated all which the sight of him would recall. _And they accompanied him unto the ship Rev. Ver._"And they brought him on his way, &c." thus making the rendering of the verb here agree with the language of Acts 15:3 and Acts 21: