Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
Ver. 30. To draw away disciples] αποσπαν, to tear them limb from limb by a violent avulsion and distraction, compelling them by their persuasions to embrace those distorted doctrines, διεστραμμενα, that produce convulsions of conscience, Deuteronomy 13:5. Such are said to thrust men out of God's ways.
Verse 30. _ALSO OF YOUR OWN SELVES_, c.] From out of your own assembly _shall men arise, speaking perverse things_, teaching for truth what is erroneous in itself, and perversive of the genuine doctri...
ALSO OF YOUR OWN SELVES - From your own church; from those who profess to. be Christians. SPEAKING PERVERSE THINGS - Crooked, perverted, distracting doctrines διεστραμμένα diestrammena. Compare the n...
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...
DUTIES OF THE ELDERS: COMING DANGERS. They are to be as free from blame as he is. The Holy Ghost has made them _episcopoi_ of the flock, lit. _overseers;_ if we remember what the word means we may tra...
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...
From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus and summoned the elders of the church. When they were with him he said to them, "You yourselves know how, from the first day I came into Asia, I spent all the time,...
SETTING OUT FOR JERUSALEM (Acts 20:1-6)...
ALSO, &C. = Of your own selves also. OF. out of. Greek. _ek._ App-104. SHALL. will. ARISE. Greek. _anistemi._ App-178. SPEAKING. Greek. _laleo._ App-121. PERVERSE. See note on Acts 13:8. DRAW AWA...
_Also of your own selves_, &c. Better (with _Rev. Ver._) "_And from among your own selves_." This gives an idea of the greater nearness of the apostasy which the Apostle predicts. Not some who may com...
PAUL SENDS FOR THE ELDERS FROM EPHESUS, GIVES THEM HIS PARTING CHARGE, AND LEAVES MILETUS...
ΚΑῚ ἘΞ ὙΜΩ͂Ν ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ν, _and from among your own selves_. This gives an idea of the greater nearness of the apostasy which the Apostle predicts. Not some who may come _of_ those to whom he speaks, but e...
_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...
ΆΝΑΣΤΉΣΟΝΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΆΝΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G450) подниматься, вставать, ΑΎΤΏΝ _gen. pl._ вы сами, ΛΑΛΟΎΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΛΑΛΈΩ (G2980) говорить. _Adj._ или сопутств. _part._ ΔΙΕΣΤΡΑ...
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, if...
See notes on verse 28...
Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. ALSO OF YOUR OWN SELVES SHALL MEN ARISE, SPEAKING PERVERSE (OR CROOKED') THINGS. 'As a member o...
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...
The heretics, Hymenæus and Alexander (1 Timothy 1:20), also Diotrephes (3 John 1:9), were presbyters of Ephesus. From the Epistles of St. John, which were written at Ephesus, we learn that the Ephesia...
ST PAUL'S SPEECH TO THE ELDERS OF EPHESUS. He reminds them of his ministry among them (Acts 20:18). And now that the Spirit draws him to Jerusalem, to face the unknown future, he entrusts the Ephesian...
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 Corinth...
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...
OF YOUR OWN SELVES SHALL MEN ARISE, SPEAKING PERVERSE THINGS. — The Pastoral Epistles, 2 Peter and Jude, supply but too abundant evidence of the clearness of the Apostle’s prevision. Hymenæus and Alex...
καὶ ἐξ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν αὐτῶς : αὐτῶν adds emphasis, “from your own selves”. The Pastoral Epistles afford abundant evidence of the fulfilment of the words, _cf._ 1 Timothy 1:20 2 Timothy 1:15; 2 Timothy 2:1...
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 redemptio...
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 Spir...
Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to (k) draw away disciples after them. (k) This is great misery, to want the presence of such a shepherd, but it is a greater misery...
_“And from you yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, in order to draw away disciples after them._...
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...
− 30._Of your ownselves shall arise. _This amplifieth the grievousness of the evil, because there be some wolves within, and so hiding themselves under the title of pastors, [which] do wait for some o...
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...
ALSO OF YOUR OWN SELVES SHALL MEN ARISE,.... Not only false teachers from abroad should come and enter among them, but some would spring up out of their own communities, such as had been admitted memb...
_For I know this_ As if he had said, Wonder not that I give you this charge in so strict a manner; for, besides the weighty reasons for it which I have already intimated, I know, _that after my depart...
ALSO OF YOUR OWN SELVES SHALL MEN ARISE, SPEAKING PERVERSE THINGS, TO DRAW AWAY DISCIPLES AFTER THEM....
The special charge to the elders:...
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...
ALSO FROM AMONG YOURSELVES MEN WILL RISE UP, SPEAKING PERVERSE THINGS, TO DRAW AWAY THE DISCIPLES AFTER THEMSELVES. 1. Now the message becomes even more distressing and frightful. Paul says that some...
"and from among your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them"From among your own selves": So much for the doctrine of once saved, always saved. Even...
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...
OF YOUR OWN SELVES SHALL MEN ARISE; whilst Paul yet lived, and was only departed from that place. Several seducers may be reckoned up, as Nicolas the deacon, (from whom it is thought the sect of the N...
Acts 20:30 Also G2532 among G1537 yourselves G5216 G846 men G435 up G450 (G5698) speaking G2980 ...
“I know that after my departing grievous wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock, and from among your own selves will men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples afte...
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...
Acts 20:30. ALSO OF YOUR OWN SELVES SHALL MEN ARISE, SPEAKING PERVERSE THINGS, TO DRAW AWAY DISCIPLES AFTER THEM. The Church of Ephesus singularly enough became notorious in after days as a famous sea...
FROM AMONG YOUR OWN SELVES (εξ υμων αυτων). In sheep's clothing just as Jesus had foretold. The outcome fully justified Paul's apprehensions as we see in Colossians, Ephesians, I and II Timothy, Rev...
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...
KEEP WATCH. This is said especially to elders [church leaders]. Compare Hebrews 13:17. OVER YOURSELVES. Their first responsibility was over themselves, since they could not fulfill their mission unles...
_Take heed therefore unto yourselves and to all the flock._ TAKE HEED I. To yourselves. To your-- 1. Doctrine. 2. Walk. II. To the flock. To its-- 1. Divine dignity. 2. Human infirmity. III. T...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 20:29 Paul showed remarkable insight into the future situation of the Ephesian church (probably through a revelation from the Holy Spirit). Paul’s letters to Timothy, who served Ephe...
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 Ac
_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 1:12; 1 John 2:19; 1 Timothy 1:19; 1 Timothy 1:20;...
Yea, from among yourselves men will arise — Such were the Nicolaitans, of whom Christ complains, Revelation 2:6; to draw away disciples — From the purity of the Gospel and the unity of the body....