Acts 20:33

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."

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(11) I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. (11) Pastors must before all things beware of covetousness.
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 Milet...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Conclusion. Acts 20:32 . Read mg. Acts 20:33 . Cf. 2 Corinthians 12:14 f., 1 Corinthians 4:12 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:9 Acts 20:3...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

have coveted . desired. no man's . Greek. oudeis. apparel . Greek. himatismos. The word expresses more stateliness than the common word him...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
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 le...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

St Paul's Speech to the Elders of Ephesus. He reminds them of his ministry among them ( Acts 20:18-21 ). And now that the Spirit draws him to Jerus...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 wa...
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 ov...
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 th...
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 f...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 charg...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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,...
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...
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, Thessalon...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul's Address to the Elders of Ephesus. 17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus,...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 t...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul's Address To The Elders of the Ephesian Church (20:17-38).
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those who were with me.”...
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...
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 ....
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...
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 e...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul's words of farewell:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 C...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 chil...

³³ I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.

Related Commentaries of Acts 20:33

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 20:33