Acts 20:4
ASIA; Asia Minor, or proconsular Asia. Chap Acts 19:10.s The persons here mentioned were Christian brethren.... [ Continue Reading ]
ASIA; Asia Minor, or proconsular Asia. Chap Acts 19:10.s The persons here mentioned were Christian brethren.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR US; this language shows that Luke, the author of this book, was one of the company. TROAS; chap Acts 16:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNLEAVENED BREAD; the passover.... [ Continue Reading ]
FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK; the Lord's day, or Christian Sabbath. TO BREAK BREAD; celebrate the Lord's supper. The first day of the week was observed by the apostles and those who were under the special guidance of the Holy Ghost, as the Lord's day or the Christian Sabbath, a day for hearing the gospel... [ Continue Reading ]
ASSOS; a maritime city near Troas, on the Aegean sea.... [ Continue Reading ]
MITYLENE; the capital of the island of Lesbos.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHIOS; an island in the Aegean sea, now called Scio. SAMOS; an island near the province of Lydia. TROGYLLIUM; a town on the coast opposite Samos. MILETUS; a maritime town south of Ephesus.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAIL BY EPHESUS; pass it without stopping.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH; pastors and teachers. It has ever been the will of God that Christian churches should be supplied with pastors, who should preach to them the gospel, set them holy examples, superintend their religious concerns, and devote themselves to the promotion of their spiritual good... [ Continue Reading ]
KEPT BACK NOTHING; refrained from teaching no doctrines or duties that would benefit the people.... [ Continue Reading ]
BOUND IN THE SPIRIT; influenced by the Holy Ghost and a strong conviction of duty.... [ Continue Reading ]
PURE FROM THE BLOOD; am not guilty, through unfaithfulness, of the destruction of any. Ministers, to be free from the guilt of being accessory to the ruin of men, must declare to them, as far as they understand it, the divine will; and especially must they show them the author, nature, necessity, an... [ Continue Reading ]
OVERSEERS; in the original, bishops, who in verse Acts 20:17 are called elders, and who had the oversight of the church. GOD; Jesus Christ.... [ Continue Reading ]
GRIEVOUS WOLVES; teachers of false and destructive doctrines. THE FLOCK; the church of God.... [ Continue Reading ]
WARN EVERY ONE; of their danger, and point out the way to escape it.... [ Continue Reading ]
MINISTERED UNTO MY NECESSITIES; wrought for the supply of my wants.... [ Continue Reading ]
SUPPORT THE WEAK; supply the wants of the feeble and destitute. THE WORDS OF THE LORD JESUS; a saying of our Lord not recorded in the gospels, though the truth which it contains was taught abundantly by Jesus Christ on many occasions. MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE; to be instrumental in com... [ Continue Reading ]