Acts 20:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. ”

Acts 20:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Therefore watch - Matthew 24:42 . In view of the dangers which beset yourselves Acts 20:28 , the danger from people not connected with the church Acts 20:29 , and the danger which will arise f...
Acts 20:31 - 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 20:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

watch . Compare 1 Peter 5:8 . and remember . remembering. Greek. mnemoneuo. Always translated "remember", save Hebrews 11:15 ; Hebrews 11:22 . by the space of three years . Greek. trietia....
Acts 20:31 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 31. For which cause, watch. Paul doth again exhort them unto diligence by his own example, though he doth join therewithal fear of danger, as if he should say that they have need of great...
Acts 20:31 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1801 WATCHFULNESS RECOMMENDED Acts 20:31 . Therefore watch, and remember, that, by the space of three years, I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears . IT is, for the...
Acts 20:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. Therefore watch, and remember - The only way to abide in the truth is to watch...
Acts 20:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

To warn every one night and day with tears.— If this expression be taken in any other than a general sense for incessantly, or without intermission, it may probably intimate that the Christians...
Acts 20:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. Therefore watch. This great duty of pastors applies to every age of th...
Acts 20:31 - 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 20:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Therefore watch... — The word was, as it were, an echo from our Lord’s teaching ( Matthew 24:42 ; Matthew 25:13 , et al .), which could hardly have been unknown to St. Paul. Here, however, it rec...
Acts 20:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Commended to God Acts 20:28-38 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, needin...
Acts 20:31 - 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 20:31 - 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 20:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore watch ,.... Meaning both over themselves, and the flock; to prevent, if possible, false teachers entering in, and to nip the buds of heresy and schism, as soon as they appear, and to prese...
Acts 20:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. Ver. 31. Night and day with tears ] Good men weep easily, saith the Greek...
Acts 20:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Therefore watch With all diligence and care; take heed yourselves, and warn others to take heed; and remember, that by the space of three years , (for so long had he been preaching at Ephesus and...
Acts 20:31 - 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 20:31 - 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 20:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; Watch; take heed yourselves, and warn others to take heed. By the space of three years; from St. Paul's first coming to Ephesus it was three years current, and now almost complete, Act...
Acts 20:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul's Address To The Elders of the Ephesian Church (20:17-38).
Acts 20:31 - 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 20:31 - 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 20:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 infir...
Acts 20:31 - 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 20:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The special charge to the elders:
Acts 20:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 4:14 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:10 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:9 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:14 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:8 ; 2 Timothy 4:5 ; Acts 19:10 ; Acts 19:8 ; Acts 20:11 ; Acts 20:19 ; Acts 20:7...
Acts 20:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I ceased not to warn every one night and day — This was watching indeed! Who copies after this example?

Acts 20:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 20:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 20:31 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:31 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Acts 20:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 20:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 20:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 20:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 20:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 20:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 20:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 20:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 20:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 20:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 20:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 20:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 20:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 20:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 20:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 20:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 20:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 20:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 20:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes