Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 20:33
I have coveted — Here the apostle begins the other branch of his farewell discourse, like old Samuel, 1 Samuel 12:3, taking his leave of the children of Israel.
I have coveted — Here the apostle begins the other branch of his farewell discourse, like old Samuel, 1 Samuel 12:3, taking his leave of the children of Israel.
Verse 33. _I HAVE COVETED NO MAN'S SILVER_, c.] And from this circumstance they would be able to discover the grievous wolves, and the perverters for these had nothing but their _own interests_ in vi...
I HAVE COVETED - I have not desired. I have not made it an object of my living among you to obtain your property. Thus, 2 Corinthians 12:14 he says, “I seek not yours, but you.” Paul had power to dema...
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...
CONCLUSION. Acts 20:32. Read _mg.___ Acts 20:33. _Cf._ 2 Corinthians 12:14 f., 1 Corinthians 4:12
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)...
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,...
HAVE COVETED. desired. NO MAN'S. Greek. _oudeis._ APPAREL. Greek. _himatismos._ The word expresses more stateliness than the common word _himation._ Here, Matthew 27:35.Luke 7:25; Luke 9:29;...
_I have coveted Rev. Ver._" _I coveted._" But this seems unnecessary. The Apostle implies that the state of mind was his when he was with them and continues still. _apparel_ In which Oriental wealth l...
ἹΜΑΤΙΣΜΟΥ͂, _apparel_. In which Oriental wealth largely consisted. Hence Naaman brings ‘changes of raiment’ as well as money among the rewards which he expects to give for his cure (2 Kings 5:5), and...
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...
ΆΡΓΎΡΙΟΝ (G694) серебро, ΧΡΥΣΌΣ (G5557) золото, ΙΜΑΤΙΣΜΌΣ (G2441) одежда, ΈΠΕΘΎΜΗΣΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΠΙΘΥΜΈΩ (G1937) желать, хотеть, с _gen._...
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...
I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. Compare , "I seek not yours, but you....
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 Corinth...
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...
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 COVETED NO MAN’S SILVER, OR GOLD, OR APPAREL. — Comp. the parallel of Samuel’s appeal to the people (1 Samuel 12:3). In each case there was a special reason for what might otherwise seem an unc...
_cf._ 1 Samuel 12:3, ἱματ., frequent in LXX, in N.T. only in Luke and Paul (except John 19:24, quotation); Luke 7:25; Luke 9:29;...
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...
(11) I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. (11) Pastors must before all things beware of covetousness....
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...
− 33._I have not. _As he showed of late what an hurtful plague ambition is; so now he showeth that they must beware of covetousness, [avarice] and he maketh himself an example again, even in this poin...
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...
I HAVE COVETED NO MAN'S SILVER, OR GOLD, OR APPAREL. This the apostle says, not merely in vindication of himself, and his character, from all charge or suspicion of avarice; but chiefly for the instru...
I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. Ver. 33. _I have coveted no man's, &c._] _Non opes, non gloriam, non voluptates quaesivi, &c. Hanc conscientiam aufero quocunque discedo, _ said M...
_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...
I HAVE COVETED NO MAN'S SILVER, OR GOLD, OR APPAREL....
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...
I HAVE COVETED NO ONE'S SILVER OR GOLD OR APPAREL. 1. Paul was not greedy. He was not in this work for the money. He did not send out letters seeking donations. 2. He did not seek to take - but to g...
"I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel"I coveted": "Never asked for" (Knox). "I have not wanted anyone's" (NEB). What. refreshing attitude. Paul was not motivated by the material benefits of...
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...
Having spoken of the heavenly inheritance, he tells them how willing he was to have his reward hereafter, and to waive receiving his wages here. In this, St. Paul imitates Moses, NUMBERS 16:15, and Sa...
Acts 20:33 coveted G1937 (G5656) ones G3762 silver G694 or G2228 gold G5553 or G2228 apparel G2441...
“I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those who were with me.” ‘I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.' H...
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 20:33. I HAVE COVETED NO MAN'S SILVER, OR GOLD, OR APPAREL. In other words, ‘I seek not yours, but you.' Even in those early days of the Faith, covetousness, the love of gold and wealth, and the...
NO MAN'S SILVER OR GOLD OR APPAREL (αργυριου η χρυσιου η ιματισμου ουδενος). Genitive case after επεθυμησα. One of the slanders against Paul was that he was raising this collection, ostensibly for t...
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;...
_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 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 9:12; 1 Corinthians 9:15; 1 Corinthians 9:18; 1 Peter 5:2;...
Raiment. Mentioned along with gold and silver because it formed a large part of the wealth of orientals. They traded in costly garments, or kept them stored up for future use. See on purple, Luke 16:1...
In the conclusion of St. Paul's discourse to the elders of the church at Ephesus, he vindicates himself from the sordid sin of covetousness, affirming, that he had coveted no man's silver or gold; but...