Acts 20:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews: ”

Acts 20:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Serving the Lord - In the discharge of the appropriate duties of his apostolic office, and in private life. To discharge aright our duties in any vocation is serving the Lord. Religion is often r...
Acts 20:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Acts 20:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Serving . Greek. douleuo. App-190. humility of mind . Greek. tapeinophrosune. Only here, Ephesians 4:2 . Philippians 1:2 ; Philippians 1:3 . Colossians 2:18 ; Colossians 2:23 . Col 3:12. 1...
Acts 20:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 19. Serving the Lord. He reckoneth up first not only in what straits he was, but most of all his humility, coupled with contempt of the world, and rebukes, and other afflictions; as if he...
Acts 20:19 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1798 ST. PAUL’S APPEAL TO THE ELDERS OF EPHESUS Acts 20:17-21 . And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. And when they were come to him, he said unto...
Acts 20:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews: Serving the Lord with all humility, etc. - This relates not only to...
Acts 20:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews: Serving the Lord, х douleuoon ( G1398 ) too ( G358...
Acts 20:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 Co...
Acts 20:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Serving the Lord with all humility of mind... — The participle exactly answers to the epithet of the “servant” or “slave” of Christ which St. Paul so often uses of himself ( Romans 1:1 ; Galatians...
Acts 20:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Acts 20:7 Chapter 16 ST. PAUL AND THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY. Acts 20:1 ; Acts 20:7 ; Acts 20:17-19 ; Acts 20:28 THE period of St. Paul's career at which we have now arrived was full of lif...
Acts 20:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Parting Message Acts 20:13-27 The vessel had to stop at Miletus and Paul sent word to the Ephesian elders, urging them to come and see him. He spent the day in their company, and before parti...
Acts 20:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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, alwa...
Acts 20:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Acts 20:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Serving the Lord with all humility of mind ,.... Meaning, in the ministration of the Gospel, being conscious to himself of his own weakness and insufficiency in himself for such service; no ways ela...
Acts 20:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews: Ver. 19. Serving the Lord, &c. ] Here is a mirror for minis...
Acts 20:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And he said, Ye know , &c. Happy is that minister who can thus appeal to the consciences of his hearers; from the first day that I came into Asia From the first time of my appearing among you;...
Acts 20:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 mu...
Acts 20:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul's Address to the Elders of Ephesus. 17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. 18 And when...
Acts 20:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Serving the Lord; in his apostleship or public ministry; of which, if any ever could, he might have gloried; yet in this office he clothes himself with humility, as the most becoming garment for...
Acts 20:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul's Address To The Elders of the Ephesian Church (20:17-38).
Acts 20:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 crowde...
Acts 20:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Acts 20:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ye know … after what manner I have been with you. Example better than precept Words are cannonballs. Example is the powder that gives the words their force. Many men may be able to say, “Heed w...
Acts 20:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Acts 20:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul and the Elders of Ephesus. Paul addresses the elders of Ephesus:
Acts 20:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:10 ; 1 Corinthians 15:9 ; 1 Corinthians 4:9-13 ; 1 Peter 1:6 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:9 ; 2 Corinthians 11:23-30 ; 2 Corinthians 11:26 ; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 ; 2 Corinthians 2:4...
Acts 20:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Serving — See the picture of a faithful servant! The Lord — Whose the church is, with all humility, and with tears, and trials — These are the concomicants of it. The service itself is described mo...

Acts 20:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 20:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 20:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:19 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Acts 20:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 20:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 20:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 20:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Acts 20:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 20:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 20:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 20:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 20:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 20:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 20:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 20:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 20:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 20:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 20:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 20:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 20:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 20:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 20:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes