Acts 20:32 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. ”

Acts 20:32 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And now, brethren - About to leave them, probably to see them no more, he committed them to the faithful care and keeping of God Amidst all the dangers of the church, when human strength fails or...
Acts 20:32 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(10) And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an (l) inheritance among all them which are sanctified. (10) The power of G...
Acts 20:32 - 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 20:32 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

now . See note on Acts 4:29 . brethren . The texts omit. commend . Greek. paratithemi. See note on Acts 17:3 . word . Greek. logos. App-121. build... up . Greek. epoikodomeo. Only us...
Acts 20:32 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 32. I commend you to God. He useth a prayer which, in an oration serving to move the hearers greatly, ought not to be counted absurd. For he did not pass for dividing his sermon into parts...
Acts 20:32 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1802 A FAREWELL DISCOURSE Acts 20:32 . And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all t...
Acts 20:32 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. I commend you to God - Instea...
Acts 20:32 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Which is able— Who is able: for God is evidently the last person mentioned in the Greek, of the grace of him [αυτου] who is able: though the gospel may be said to be able to edify men,...
Acts 20:32 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. And now, [brethren] (...
Acts 20:32 - 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 20:32 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And now, brethren, I commend you... — The Greek verb and its derivatives are characteristic of St. Paul’s phraseology. Teachers are to “commit” the truth they have received to others ( 2 Timothy 2:...
Acts 20:32 - 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 20:32 - 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 20:32 - 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 20:32 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And now brethren ,.... So the apostle calls the elders of the church at Ephesus; though they had not the same gifts, and were not in the same high office as he was, yet he puts himself upon a level...
Acts 20:32 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. Ver. 32. Able to build ]...
Acts 20:32 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And now, brethren Since the providence of God is calling me away, and appointing me other scenes of labour or suffering; I commend you to God To his watchful providence and grace, for guidance, p...
Acts 20:32 - 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 20:32 - 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 20:32 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I commend you to God; it being so hard a matter to escape so many snares and dangers, the apostle prays to God for them, who is able to keep them by his power, through faith, unto salvation, 1...
Acts 20:32 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul's Address To The Elders of the Ephesian Church (20:17-38).
Acts 20:32 - 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 20:32 - 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 20:32 - The Biblical Illustrator

And now, brethren, I commend you to God. St. Paul’s last advice to the Ephesian elders; or, a minister’s last counsel to his people I. The apostle’s commendation. 1. The term “commend” is no...
Acts 20:32 - 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 20:32 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the Word of His grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
Acts 20:32 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:2 ; 1 Corinthians 3:10 ; 1 Corinthians 3:9 ; 1 Corinthians 6:11 ; 1 Peter 1:4 ; 1 Peter 1:5 ; Acts 14:23 ; Acts 14:26 ; Acts 15:40 ; Acts 26:18 ; Acts 9:31 ; Acts 20:24 ;...
Acts 20:32 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The word of his grace — It is the grand channel of it, to believers as well as unbelievers. Who is able to build you up — To confirm and increase your faith, love, holiness. God can thus build us u...

Acts 20:32 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 20:32 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 20:32 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:32 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 20:32 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:32 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Acts 20:32 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 20:32 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 20:32 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 20:32 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:32 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 20:32 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 20:32 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 20:32 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 20:32 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 20:32 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 20:32 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 20:32 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:32 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 20:32 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 20:32 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:32 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 20:32 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 20:32 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 20:32 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 20:32 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 20:32 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 20:32 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes