Acts 20:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. ”

Acts 20:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yea, ye yourselves know - By your own acquaintance with my manner of life. In Corinth he had lived and labored with Apollos (note, Acts 18:3 ); and he refers elsewhere to the fact that he had su...
Acts 20:34 - 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 20:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

know . Greek. ginosko. App-132. have ministered . ministered. Greek. hupereteo. App-190. See note on Acts 13:36 . necessities . needs. Compare Acts 2:45 .
Acts 20:34 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 34. Yea, ye know He doth not, in these words, precisely set down a law which all the ministers of the word must needs keep; for he did not behave himself so loftily and lordlike, that he d...
Acts 20:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. These hands have ministered, etc. - It was neither "sin nor discredit" for the apostle to...
Acts 20:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands - doubtless, holding them up before them,...
Acts 20:34 - 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 20:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

These hands have ministered unto my necessities. — The words clearly cover the whole three years of the Apostle’s ministry at Ephesus. The partnership with Aquila and Priscilla ( Acts 18:3 ) contin...
Acts 20:34 - 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 20:34 - 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 20:34 - 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 20:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Yea, you yourselves know ,.... So far was the apostle from desiring to have other men's money, or to wear their apparel, or to eat their bread, that he could appeal to these elders for the truth of...
Acts 20:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. Ver. 34. These hands have ministered ] More shame for them to suffer it. Sed rara in...
Acts 20:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Acts 20:34 - 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 20:34 - 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 20:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

St. Paul working hard (as they all knew) for a livelihood, Acts 18:3 1 Corinthians 4:12 1 Thessalonians 2:9 ; which he gives an account of, 2 Thessalonians 3:8 , to have been done only that...
Acts 20:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul's Address To The Elders of the Ephesian Church (20:17-38).
Acts 20:34 - 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 20:34 - 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 20:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Acts 20:34 - 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 20:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul's words of farewell:
Acts 20:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 4:12 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:9 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:8 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:9 ; Acts 18:3
Acts 20:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

These hands — Callous, as you see, with labour. Who is he that envies such a bishop or archbishop as this?

Acts 20:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 20:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 20:34 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 20:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 20:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 20:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 20:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 20:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 20:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 20:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 20:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 20:34 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 20:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 20:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 20:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 20:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 20:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 20:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 20:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 20:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes