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 the Church.
And remember - keep in view, as a model which ye will do well to copy, how
That by the space of three years - speaking in round numbers, it being more than two years,
I ceased not to warn - х nouthetoon (G3560), a word, as Alford notes, used in the New Testament only by our apostle, and by him seven times besides this.]
Everyone night and day with tears. What an appeal to be able to make; and if (as Bengel says) this was an apostle's part, how much more a pastor's!