“ I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. ”
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...
(11) I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. (11) Pastors must before all things beware of covetousness.
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...
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...
− 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...
I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. I have coveted no man's silver, etc. - And from this circumstance they would be able to discover the grievous wolves, and the perverters; for thes...
I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. Compare 2 Corinthians 12:14 , "I seek not yours, but you."
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...
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 a...
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...
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...
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 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 ins...
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 disced...
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...
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...
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...
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 , a...
Paul's Address To The Elders of the Ephesian Church (20:17-38).
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 20:4 . 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...
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...
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...
Paul's words of farewell:
1 Corinthians 9:12 ; 1 Corinthians 9:15 ; 1 Corinthians 9:18 ; 1 Peter 5:2 ; 1 Samuel 12:3-5 ; 2 Corinthians 11:9 ; 2 Corinthians 12:14 ; 2 Corinthians 12:17 ; 2 Corinthians 7:2 ; Numbers 1...
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.